12-letter words containing f, e, t, a, l
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- to fall open — If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- toffee-apple — an apple fixed on a stick and coated with a thin layer of toffee
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- treble staff — a staff, bearing a treble clef.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unfilterable — not able to be filtered
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unifoliolate — compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- valve lifter — (in an internal-combustion engine) a tappet that opens a valve when actuated by a camshaft.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
- wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- water filter — device for removing impurities from water
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.