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12-letter words containing f, i, l, c

  • field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
  • field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
  • field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
  • fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
  • 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.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • film company — a company dedicated to the making of motion pictures
  • film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
  • filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
  • final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
  • fiscal cliff — a governmental or personal financial crisis that is brought on by economic factors or policies: High housing costs have pushed many families over the fiscal cliff. Some municipalities are on the edge of a fiscal cliff after years of overspending.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • flag captain — the captain of a flagship
  • 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.
  • flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
  • flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
  • fleece-lined — lined with fleece
  • flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
  • floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
  • fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
  • fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
  • fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
  • fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
  • fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
  • fluorouracil — a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.
  • fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
  • flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
  • foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
  • focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
  • folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
  • folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
  • folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
  • folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
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