12-letter words containing r, e, c, i, t
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- 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.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french twist — French roll.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- gastrectasia — (medicine) dilation of the stomach.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
- generatrices — Plural form of generatrix.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- geometricize — to draw, design, or form in geometrical shapes or patterns.
- geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
- geriatrician — the branch of medicine dealing with the diseases, debilities, and care of aged persons.
- gerontologic — relating to gerontology
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.