12-letter words containing c, r, o, s, f
- four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
- fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french shore — either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.
- 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.
- fresco secco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- 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.
- furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- 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
- overfocussed — too focussed
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pasch flower — pasqueflower