12-letter words containing f, i, n, l, e
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- effeminately — In an effeminate manner.
- efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
- english self — a breed of short-haired guinea pig that is a single colour throughout
- equifinality — The property of being equifinal.
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- facial angle — Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fall in love — become infatuated
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- faneuil hall — a market house and public hall in Boston, Massachusetts, called “the Cradle of Liberty” because it was used as a meeting place by American patriots immediately before the Revolutionary War.
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
- feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- felliniesque — referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- felt-tip pen — a pen that holds quick-drying ink conveyed to a writing surface by means of a felt nib.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
- 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.
- 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 magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.