12-letter words containing n, o, r, e, f, i
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerflower — purple foxglove.
- fire balloon — a montgolfier.
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- 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
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- foetoprotein — Alternative spelling of fetoprotein.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foraminifera — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.