12-letter words containing f, i, c, t, l
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- nonfictional — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- optical diff — vdiff
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- rail traffic — the vehicles, passengers, or freight that are moving from place to place by railway
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- the flickers — the cinema
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- tickler file — a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- 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.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- unartificial — not showing art or skill; not skilled or artistic
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.