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

  • 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.
  • faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
  • 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.
  • farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
  • farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
  • fast-growing — growing very quickly
  • 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— a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.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.
  • fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
  • fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
  • fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
  • fibrillating — Present participle of fibrillate.
  • fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
  • fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
  • fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
  • fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
  • fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
  • 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.
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