12-letter words containing i, l, f
- fanning mill — a machine for winnowing grain by the action of riddles and sieves and an air blast.
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fascioliasis — liver-rot.
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fatigability — susceptible to fatigue.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- feature film — full-length movie
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
- feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- felliniesque — referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- felt-tip pen — a pen that holds quick-drying ink conveyed to a writing surface by means of a felt nib.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- 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.
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
- fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.