12-letter words containing f, a, r, t, o
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- man of straw — straw man.
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- 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
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- 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.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nonfederated — not federated
- nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- parrot fever — psittacosis.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- 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.