12-letter words containing f, i, e
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankincense — an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternities — Plural form of fraternity.
- fraternizing — Present participle of fraternize.
- frazil (ice) — tiny, round or pointed ice crystals formed in supercooled waters and prevented from coagulating by turbulence
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- frederick ii — Frederick I (def 2).
- frederick iv — Frederick III (def 1).
- frederick ix — (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- free on rail — (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer
- free radical — an atom or molecule that bears an unpaired electron and is extremely reactive, capable of engaging in rapid chain reactions that destabilize other molecules and generate many more free radicals: in the body, deactivated by antioxidants, uric acid, and certain enzyme activities.
- free running — Free running is the activity of running through areas in a town, using skilful movements to jump over walls and other objects.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- free-swimmer — an animal, as a fish, that swims about freely.
- free-thinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- freeze-dried — (of foods and beverages) preserved by means of freeze-drying: freeze-dried coffee.
- freezer film — a thin polythene material used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- freezer foil — a type of tinfoil used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- freezing fog — fog in which the temperature of the water droplets is so low that they freeze on contact with surfaces
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- freightliner — a train for transporting containerized freight.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french fries — thin fried sticks of potato
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth