12-letter words containing f, i, l, e, o
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flip-flopped — shod in flip-flops; wearing flip-flops
- flip-flopper — a person who makes a complete change of policy, opinion, etc
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- 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.
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
- floor-filler — a dance recording that is so catchy and popular that everyone in the place where it is played wants to dance
- floppy drive — disk drive
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- flowing well — A flowing well is a well which can produce oil or gas without the use of a mechanical pump.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- foefie slide — a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- 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.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- for a giggle — as a joke or prank; not seriously
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- 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.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- 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.