12-letter words containing f, i, c, e
- effervescing — Present participle of effervesce.
- effervescive — Tending to produce effervescence.
- efficiencies — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- encoffinment — The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- facial angle — Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- false acacia — black locust.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- false-acacia — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- fantasticate — to make or render fantastic.
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- fencing wire — a heavy-gauge galvanized wire used for farm fences
- fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- ferric oxide — a dark-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring naturally, as hematite and rust, or synthesized: used chiefly as a pigment, as a mordant, as a coating for magnetic recording tape, and in the manufacture of polishing compounds.
- ferricyanide — a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrite core — a ferrite magnetic core used in a core memory.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.