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12-letter words containing f, r, i, s

  • false aralia — any of several Polynesian shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Dizygotheca, of the ginseng family, having palmately compound, mottled leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
  • false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
  • false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
  • familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
  • familiarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of familiarize.
  • familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
  • farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
  • farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
  • farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
  • fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
  • fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
  • fast-growing — growing very quickly
  • fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
  • federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
  • fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
  • fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
  • ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
  • fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
  • feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
  • fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
  • fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
  • fibre optics — optical fibre
  • fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
  • fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
  • fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
  • fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • fieri facias — a writ commanding a sheriff to levy and sell as much of a debtor's property as is necessary to satisfy a creditor's claim against the debtor. Abbreviation: FI. FA., fi. fa.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
  • filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
  • fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
  • filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
  • finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
  • fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
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