12-letter words containing f, i, l, m
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- premium fuel — fuel or gasoline which has a higher octane value and is more expensive than standard fuel
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- time of life — age (of a person)
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unsimplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.