12-letter words containing i, r, e, f, a
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
- flimflammery — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for a giggle — as a joke or prank; not seriously
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- 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.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forecarriage — the front part of a carriage
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.