12-letter words containing i, n, o, f, t
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionality — State or quality of being fictional.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- 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.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- fighting top — one of the gun platforms on the lower masts of sailing men-of-war, used in attacking the crew of an enemy ship with swivel guns and muskets
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- film-coating — Film-coating is a process in which a tablet, capsule, or pellet is covered by a thin layer of film to protect it or make it easier to swallow.
- 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.
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.