12-letter words containing t, e, f
- 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.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger tight — made as tight as possible by hand
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fippenny bit — the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
- fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing 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.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- 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.
- first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitness test — a test to see how fit someone is
- fitted sheet — a sheet with ends that are elasticated and shaped to fit tightly over a mattress
- 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
- five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- fixed-length — referring to a field, record, computer word, or other entity whose length does not vary.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool