12-letter words containing m, i, f, e
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- pouilly-fume — a dry, white wine from the Loire Valley of France.
- preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- premium fuel — fuel or gasoline which has a higher octane value and is more expensive than standard fuel
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifinished — partially or almost finished.
- semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- tempus fugit — time flies
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- time of life — age (of a person)
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unperforming — not performing
- unsimplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- woman friend — a female friend
- zimmer frame — A Zimmer frame or a Zimmer is a frame that old or ill people sometimes use to help them walk.