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12-letter words containing f, i, e

  • foraminifera — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
  • forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
  • forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • forecarriage — the front part of a carriage
  • foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
  • foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
  • foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
  • foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
  • foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
  • foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  • forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
  • foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
  • foreordinate — foreordain.
  • foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
  • foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
  • foretokening — Indication in advance.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
  • former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
  • formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
  • formularizer — One who formularizes.
  • formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
  • fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
  • forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
  • fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
  • fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
  • fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
  • fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
  • fort pickensAndrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
  • fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
  • fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
  • forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
  • forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
  • fossil fuels — any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
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