12-letter words containing r, e, n, t, a
- featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- 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.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- fragrantness — the quality of being fragrant
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fraternality — Brotherliness.
- fraternising — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternities — Plural form of fraternity.
- fraternizing — Present participle of fraternize.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies