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12-letter words containing f, s

  • fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
  • fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
  • fictitiously — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
  • fiddlesticks — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • 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
  • fiendishness — The quality of being fiendish.
  • 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.
  • fifth estate — any class or group in society other than the nobility, the clergy, the middle class, and the press.
  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • fight shy of — bashful; retiring.
  • 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.
  • fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
  • 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
  • final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
  • finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
  • financescape — Figuratively, the financial landscape; financial markets.
  • find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • 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
  • finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
  • fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
  • fire service — The fire service is an organization which has the job of putting out fires.
  • 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.
  • firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
  • firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
  • firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
  • firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
  • firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
  • first cousin — cousin (def 1).
  • 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 family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
  • first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
  • first fruits — The first fruits of a project or activity are the earliest results or profits.
  • first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
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