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12-letter words containing f, i, r, e, s, t

  • 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.
  • filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
  • filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
  • fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
  • 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
  • fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
  • fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
  • fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
  • fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
  • firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
  • first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
  • first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
  • first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
  • first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
  • first-grader — a child in the first grade
  • first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
  • firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
  • fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
  • fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
  • fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
  • flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
  • flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • foot soldier — an infantryman.
  • footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
  • for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
  • 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.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
  • forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
  • fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
  • forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
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