12-letter words containing m, i, f, e
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- derived form — derivative (def 4).
- derived-form — something that has been derived.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- effeminately — In an effeminate manner.
- effeminating — Present participle of effeminate.
- effemination — (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- encoffinment — The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- familiarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of familiarize.
- familiarness — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- family bible — a large Bible usually having pages at the front for recording the marriages, births, and deaths in a family.
- family hotel — a hotel owned by a family in which family members work
- family leave — a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fan magazine — a magazine containing information and gossip about celebrities.
- father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
- feature film — full-length movie
- feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
- feeding time — the regular time at which babies or animals are fed
- feminineness — The state or condition of being feminine.
- femininities — Plural form of femininity.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
- 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.
- fermat prime — (mathematics) A prime number of the form 2^2^n + 1. Any prime number of the form 2^n+1 must be a Fermat prime. Fermat conjectured in a letter to someone or other that all numbers 2^2^n+1 are prime, having noticed that this is true for n=0,1,2,3,4. No further Fermat primes are known; several have been factorised, and several more have been proved composite without finding explicit factorisations.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- fermi energy — the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- file a claim — If you file a claim, you make a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy.
- file manager — a program that organizes and arranges files in a computer
- filet mignon — a small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin.
- filler metal — metal supplied in the form of a welding rod, sometimes flux coated, melted by an arc or a flame into a joint between components to be joined
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.