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12-letter words containing f, l, a, n, e

  • fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
  • file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
  • final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
  • final notice — last warning before legal action
  • finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • fire balloon — a montgolfier.
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
  • flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
  • flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
  • flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
  • flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
  • flannel cake — griddlecake; pancake.
  • flannel-leaf — the common mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
  • flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
  • flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • flawlessness — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
  • flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
  • flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
  • floor-manage — to act as or in the manner of a floor manager.
  • flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
  • fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
  • fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
  • flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
  • fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
  • flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
  • flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
  • focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
  • forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
  • forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
  • foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
  • forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
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