12-letter words containing f, o, e, t, a
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopmasts — Plural form of foretopmast.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forex market — short for
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort stewart — a military reservation in SE Georgia, SW of Savannah.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- forward rate — the agreed price for something that is to be bought or sold at a later date
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- 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).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- get ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-brother — brother (def 2).