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12-letter words containing i, n, f, e, r

  • fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
  • 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
  • familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • far and wide — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
  • far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
  • farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • 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
  • fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
  • fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
  • featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
  • febrifacient — producing fever.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
  • fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
  • fencing wire — a heavy-gauge galvanized wire used for farm fences
  • fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
  • 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— a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • ferdinand ii — ("the Catholic") 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III, king of Naples 1504–16; as King Ferdinand V, joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.
  • ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
  • ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
  • fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
  • fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • fermi energy — the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty
  • ferricyanide — a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
  • feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
  • fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
  • fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
  • fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • 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 ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • 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.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
  • fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
  • 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.
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