12-letter words containing f, o, n, t, a, e
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- 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.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- 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
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- 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.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.