12-letter words containing a, m, o, n
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- flamboyantly — In a flamboyant manner.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- floor-manage — to act as or in the manner of a floor manager.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- foraminifera — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free company — a band of free companions.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gamesomeness — The quality of being gamesome.
- gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
- gastronomies — Plural form of gastronomy.
- gastronomist — a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- genoa salami — a hard, garlic-flavored salami of pork and veal or, especially in the U.S., pork and beef.
- geomagnetism — the earth's magnetic field and associated phenomena.
- geomagnetist — someone who studies, or is an expert in, geomagnetism
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- german ocean — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.