12-letter words containing f, i, n, e, d, r
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- 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.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- garand rifle — M-1.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in danger of — liable to