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12-letter words containing f, a, r, m

  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
  • portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
  • poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
  • preamplifier — a device in the amplifier circuit of a radio or phonograph that increases the strength of a weak signal for detection and further amplification.
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
  • preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
  • rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
  • raman effect — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
  • ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
  • reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
  • reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
  • roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
  • roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
  • rotflmaoastc — (chat)   Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
  • royal family — the immediate family of a reigning monarch.
  • self-mastery — self-control.
  • sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
  • small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
  • stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
  • streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
  • surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
  • tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
  • tank farming — hydroponics.
  • ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
  • terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
  • transformist — an adherent of transformism.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • trinacriform — three-pronged
  • trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
  • undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
  • unformalized — not formalized
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
  • unreformable — not able to be reformed or reclaimed
  • vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
  • variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
  • window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
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