12-letter words containing r, e, f, s
- featherheads — Plural form of featherhead.
- featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fergus falls — a city in W central Minnesota.
- ferrel's law — the law that wind is deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, derived from the application of the Coriolis effect to air masses.
- ferris wheel — an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
- ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
- ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- 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.
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- fieri facias — a writ commanding a sheriff to levy and sell as much of a debtor's property as is necessary to satisfy a creditor's claim against the debtor. Abbreviation: FI. FA., fi. fa.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
- file-sharing — File-sharing is a method of distributing computer files, for example files containing music, among a large number of users.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- filter press — an apparatus used for filtration consisting of a set of frames covered with filter cloth on both sides, between which the liquid to be filtered is pumped
- finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
- fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
- finger grass — any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
- fire service — The fire service is an organization which has the job of putting out fires.
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- 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)
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.