12-letter words containing l, e, a, f
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- 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
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- fauxmosexual — (slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
- fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
- fearlessness — without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- feature film — full-length movie
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
- feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- feeler gauge — a person or thing that feels.
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- female rhyme — feminine rhyme.
- femme fatale — an irresistibly attractive woman, especially one who leads men into difficult, dangerous, or disastrous situations; siren.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- 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.
- fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
- fer de lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- fer-de-lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- ferrel's law — the law that wind is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis effect to air masses.
- fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fete galante — fête champêtre.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.