12-letter words containing a, f, t
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- not half bad — very good
- note of hand — promissory note.
- notification — a formal notifying or informing.
- oasification — The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- of substance — wealthy
- 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.
- off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
- off-the-face — (of a woman's hat) made without a brim.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- 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.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- optical diff — vdiff
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- ossification — the act or process of ossifying.
- out of a hat — as if by magic
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of shape — person: unfit
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- out-of-state — of, relating to, or from another state of the U.S.: a car with an out-of-state license plate; out-of-state vacationers.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- pacification — to pacify.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- panification — the making of bread