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12-letter words containing a, l, f, r

  • burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)
  • calorie-free — containing no calories
  • cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
  • cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
  • characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
  • chill factor — windchill factor
  • chook raffle — a raffle for which the main prize is a roast chicken
  • cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
  • clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
  • clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
  • cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
  • cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
  • coffee royal — café royale.
  • comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
  • confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
  • conferential — Of or pertaining to a conference.
  • configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
  • conflagrator — (rare) One who starts a fire.
  • conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
  • confraternal — a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
  • containerful — As much as a container can hold.
  • coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
  • corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
  • court of law — When you refer to a court of law, you are referring to a legal court, especially when talking about the evidence that might be given in a trial.
  • craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
  • craniofacial — relating to both the cranium and the face
  • crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
  • crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
  • crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
  • crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
  • currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
  • curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
  • cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
  • dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
  • defederalize — to shift the functions or powers of (an agency, service, etc.) from the jurisdiction of the federal government to that of state or local government: to defederalize construction loans.
  • defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
  • deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
  • deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
  • deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
  • deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
  • differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
  • diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
  • disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
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