12-letter words containing f, i, t, m
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- encoffinment — The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- factionalism — of a faction or factions.
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- family hotel — a hotel owned by a family in which family members work
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fantasticism — the quality of being fantastic
- father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
- feature film — full-length movie
- feeding time — the regular time at which babies or animals are fed
- femininities — Plural form of femininity.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
- fermat prime — (mathematics) A prime number of the form 2^2^n + 1. Any prime number of the form 2^n+1 must be a Fermat prime. Fermat conjectured in a letter to someone or other that all numbers 2^2^n+1 are prime, having noticed that this is true for n=0,1,2,3,4. No further Fermat primes are known; several have been factorised, and several more have been proved composite without finding explicit factorisations.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- filler metal — metal supplied in the form of a welding rod, sometimes flux coated, melted by an arc or a flame into a joint between components to be joined
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammability — easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- folsom point — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game.
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- fragmentized — fragmented.