12-letter words containing i, l, f
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
- finalization — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finance bill — a bill or act of a legislature to obtain funds for the public treasury.
- find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
- fire balloon — a montgolfier.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- 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.
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- first of all — to start with
- first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
- first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fiscal cliff — a governmental or personal financial crisis that is brought on by economic factors or policies: High housing costs have pushed many families over the fiscal cliff. Some municipalities are on the edge of a fiscal cliff after years of overspending.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fish-bellied — (of a beam or rail) having a convex underside.
- fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
- fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flabagasting — Present participle of flabagast.
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flabelliform — Shaped like a fan; flabellate.
- flag captain — the captain of a flagship
- flag carrier — an airline that is locally registered in a particular country
- flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellating — Present participle of flagellate.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammability — easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
- flammiferous — flame-producing