12-letter words containing a, f, t, e, r
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- 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
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- refresh rate — (hardware) (Or "vertical refresh rate", "vertical scan rate") The maximum number of frames that can be displayed on a monitor in a second, expressed in Hertz. The scan rate is controlled by the vertical sync signal generated by the video controller, ordering the monitor to position the electron gun at the upper left corner of the raster, ready to paint another frame. It is limited by the monitor's maximum horizontal scan rate and the resolution, since higher resolution means more scan lines. Increasing the refresh rate decreases flickering, reducing eye strain, but few people notice any change above 60-72 Hz.
- refrigerated — made frozen or cold, esp for preservative purposes; chilled or frozen
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
- roof terrace — a garden on the roof of a building
- safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-starter — starter (def 3).
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.