12-letter words containing i, n, f, r, m
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- foraminifera — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in good form — fit, healthy
- in memory of — to commemorate
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- inframammary — (anatomy) Below the breast.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- make friends — get to know people
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.