12-letter words containing l, e, s
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- foefie slide — a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foodlessness — Absence of food.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- footlessness — the state of being footless
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- 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.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest floor — the above- ground layer of a forest made up of tree roots, soil and decaying matter
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formlessness — The quality of being formless.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- fossil fuels — any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- french-style — French-cut.
- fresnel lens — Optics. a large lens with a surface of concentric grooves of prismatic profile, used in automobile headlights, searchlights, spotlights, etc.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- fruitfulness — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- fulfillments — Plural form of fulfillment.
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.