12-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- extralegally — In an extralegal manner; outside the law.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- extramarital — (especially of sexual relations) occurring outside marriage.
- extramurally — In an extramural manner.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate.
- extrasystole — A heartbeat outside the normal rhythm, as often occurs in normal individuals.
- extratextual — Outside of a text.
- extremophile — A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- faith healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faith-healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- false arrest — arrest or detention of a person contrary to or unauthorized by law.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- featherlight — extremely light; light as a feather.
- feature film — full-length movie
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- ferlinghetti — Lawrence, born 1920? U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- 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 centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- 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.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- 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.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- filler metal — metal supplied in the form of a welding rod, sometimes flux coated, melted by an arc or a flame into a joint between components to be joined
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
- 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
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire