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12-letter words containing f, i, l, a, r

  • federatively — from a federative point of view
  • fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
  • fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
  • ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
  • fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • figurability — the quality of being figurable
  • 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.
  • file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • 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
  • film library — a collection of films, motion pictures, videodiscs, videocassettes, and any other materials stored on film.
  • filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
  • filtrability — the quality or extent of being filtrable
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • fire balloon — a montgolfier.
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
  • first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
  • first of all — to start with
  • fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
  • flabelliform — Shaped like a fan; flabellate.
  • flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
  • flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
  • flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
  • flammiferous — flame-producing
  • flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
  • flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
  • flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • florida moss — Spanish moss.
  • florida room — a sunroom.
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