12-letter words containing f, l, s
- flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
- floor polish — a substance used to polish floors
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- florida moss — Spanish moss.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- flying start — a start, as in sailboat racing, in which the entrants begin moving before reaching the starting line.
- flying visit — A flying visit is a visit that only lasts a very short time.
- 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
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- foefie slide — a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- folk singing — the singing of folk songs, especially by a group of people.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
- folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- 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.
- food stylist — a person whose job is to arrange food in an attractive way for professional photographs or broadcasts.
- foodlessness — Absence of food.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footlessness — the state of being footless
- footslogging — Present participle of footslog.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.