12-letter words containing a, f, o, m
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- non-familial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- nonflammable — not flammable; not combustible or easily set on fire.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
- oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
- 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
- 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.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
- poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- preformation — previous formation.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preformatted — 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.
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- quasi-famous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- 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.
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.