12-letter words containing l, a, f, e, s
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire marshal — an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- flabbergasts — Plural form of flabbergast.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flageoletist — Someone who plays the flageolet.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flash-freeze — quick-freeze.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- flawlessness — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fritillaries — Plural form of fritillary.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)