12-letter words containing f, i, e, l
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- premium fuel — fuel or gasoline which has a higher octane value and is more expensive than standard fuel
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- relief angle — The relief angle is the angle between a cutting tool and the workpiece it has just cut.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- 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.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-devised — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.