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12-letter words containing f, i, l, e, t

  • fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
  • fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • fiddlesticks — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • 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 centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
  • field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
  • field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
  • 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 cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
  • file footage — film footage already on file; stock footage of crowds, cityscapes, football games, etc.
  • file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
  • filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
  • filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
  • filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
  • filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
  • 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
  • fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
  • fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
  • filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
  • filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
  • filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
  • fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
  • fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
  • fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
  • flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
  • flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
  • flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
  • flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
  • flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
  • 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.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
  • flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
  • flight level — a specified height at which an aircraft is allowed to fly
  • flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
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