12-letter words containing i, f, s, a
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- facilitators — Plural form of facilitator.
- factionalism — of a faction or factions.
- factionalist — of a faction or factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- faintishness — The quality of being faintish; slight faintness.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- faith school — a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- false acacia — black locust.
- 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
- false gavial — a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-acacia — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- 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.
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- fantasticate — to make or render fantastic.
- fantasticism — the quality of being fantastic
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.