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12-letter words containing f, a, l, o, t

  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • float collar — A float collar is a part near the bottom of the casing string which catches the bottom plug and top plug, and which prevents mud from entering the casing.
  • float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
  • floatability — capable of floating; that can be floated.
  • floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
  • flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
  • floor trader — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for his or her own account.
  • flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
  • fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
  • fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
  • fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
  • fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
  • fluorination — (chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.
  • fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
  • foamed metal — a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.
  • focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • foot-lambert — a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL.
  • foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
  • footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
  • for all that — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
  • for all time — forever, for eternity
  • fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
  • forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
  • forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
  • foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
  • foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
  • forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
  • 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 laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
  • fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
  • foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
  • foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
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