12-letter words containing f, l, s
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonfrivolous — not frivolous
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- oil of anise — the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- pack of lies — false account
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
- pressed felt — Pressed felt is a material made from compressed fibers and used as a filter.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- puff sleeves — the sleeves of a women's garment that are gathered at the shoulders and caught in at the cuff to create an inflated, puffy effect
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly