12-letter words containing fe
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
- field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
- finder's fee — a fee paid to a finder or agent who initiates a business transaction, usually a percentage of the money earned.
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flameproofer — any agent which renders something flameproof
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- foraminifera — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- frame buffer — (hardware) Part of a video system in which an image is stored, pixel by pixel and which is used to refresh a raster image. The term "video memory" suggests a fairly static display whereas a frame buffer holds one frame from a sequence of frames forming a moving image. Frame buffers are found in frame grabbers and time base correction systems, for example.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- giant fennel — a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- give offence — to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone
- give offense — to offend; anger, insult, etc.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- graham wafer — a cracker intended to aid digestion.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hectic fever — a fever associated with tuberculosis
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- hertz effect — the effect of ultraviolet radiation in lowering the sparking voltage across a spark gap: an example of photoelectric effect.
- hog's fennel — any of several Eurasian umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Peucedanum, esp P. officinale, having clusters of small whitish flowers
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hua guo feng — 1921–2008, Chinese Communist statesman; prime minister of China 1976–80
- ill-affected — not well disposed; disaffected
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- in sb's life — If you talk about the man or woman in someone's life, you mean the person they are having a relationship with, especially a sexual relationship.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefectible — not defectible; not liable to defect or failure.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- indefensible — not justifiable; inexcusable: indefensible behavior.
- indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
- indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- indifferency — indifference.
- ineffectible — Ineffectual; impracticable.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicities — Plural form of infelicity.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.