12-letter words containing l, e, f, t
- flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- 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.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fleet street — a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.
- fleet-footed — able to run fast.
- fleetingness — passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flight level — a specified height at which an aircraft is allowed to fly
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- 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.
- floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
- floor pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- 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.
- floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flour beetle — any of several brown darkling beetles, especially of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce.
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- 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.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
- flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc