12-letter words containing f, a, r, m
- 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
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- make friends — get to know people
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- man of straw — straw man.
- mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- 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.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- modificatory — modifying.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- 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.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
- oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- perfect ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form