12-letter words containing o, a, f, i, s
- factionalist — of a faction or factions.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- faith school — a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fascinations — Plural form of fascination.
- fascioliasis — liver-rot.
- fashion icon — a person or thing that is very well known as being highly fashionable
- fashion show — a show in which models display clothes to prospective buyers
- fashionistas — Plural form of fashionista.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- fast fashion — the reproduction of highly fashionable clothes at high speed and low cost
- fast-flowing — water: rapid
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fastigiation — The quality of being fastigiate.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- finalisation — The act or process of finalising.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- first of all — to start with
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flag station — a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.