12-letter words containing f, i, r, e, t
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frigate bird — any of several predacious seabirds of the genus Fregata, having fully webbed feet.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- frighten off — scare away
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- frozen stiff — feeling very cold
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- fruit farmer — somebody who farms or grows fruit
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- fruitfulness — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- full trailer — a trailer supported entirely by its own wheels.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- hectic fever — a fever associated with tuberculosis
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.