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12-letter words containing i, n, e, l

  • 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.
  • familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
  • faneuil hall — a market house and public hall in Boston, Massachusetts, called “the Cradle of Liberty” because it was used as a meeting place by American patriots immediately before the Revolutionary War.
  • farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
  • farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
  • fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
  • fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
  • fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
  • fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
  • feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
  • felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
  • felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • 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
  • 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— a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.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.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
  • fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
  • fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
  • file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
  • file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
  • filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
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