12-letter words containing a, e, r, i, f, o
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- proofreading — correction of text
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption