12-letter words containing c, r, i, s, o, f
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- 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.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- 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).
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- in course of — in the process of
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- microfossils — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- press office — a section of a government department or other organization responsible for dealing with the press
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology