12-letter words containing l, e, a, t
- flat battery — power cell that has run down
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- flat-earther — a person who adheres to the idea that the earth is flat.
- 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.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- 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.
- floor trader — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for his or her own account.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- 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.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- 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.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- foamed metal — a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot-lambert — a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- 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.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- frequentable — Accessible.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.