12-letter words containing f, o, t, l, s
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- 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
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- 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
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest floor — the above- ground layer of a forest made up of tree roots, soil and decaying matter
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frost hollow — a depression in a hilly area in which cold air collects, becoming very cold at night
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- functionless — Lacking a function.