12-letter words containing a, r, c, f, o
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- from scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- 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).
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
- 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.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- modificatory — modifying.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
- 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.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- 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
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- 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
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry