12-letter words containing f, r, e, s, t
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fleet street — a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- footsoreness — The characteristic of being footsore.
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for starters — a person or thing that starts.
- for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- 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.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.