12-letter words containing f, i, e
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
- field-holler — a cry employing falsetto, portamento, and sudden changes of pitch, used in African-American work songs, later integrated into the techniques of the blues
- fiendishness — The quality of being fiendish.
- fieri facias — a writ commanding a sheriff to levy and sell as much of a debtor's property as is necessary to satisfy a creditor's claim against the debtor. Abbreviation: FI. FA., fi. fa.
- fifth estate — any class or group in society other than the nobility, the clergy, the middle class, and the press.
- fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
- fifty-eighth — next after the fifty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 58.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- file a claim — If you file a claim, you make a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy.
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- file footage — film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- filler metal — metal supplied in the form of a welding rod, sometimes flux coated, melted by an arc or a flame into a joint between components to be joined
- fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
- filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
- financescape — Figuratively, the financial landscape; financial markets.
- find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fippenny bit — the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.