12-letter words containing f, a, s, c
- mischanceful — unlucky
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- oasification — The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- of substance — wealthy
- office space — part of a building for business use
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- ossification — the act or process of ossifying.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pack of lies — false account
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- past perfect — pluperfect.
- peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- piece of ass — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- post-fascist — of or relating to various right-wing political parties in Europe which espouse a modified form of fascism and which take part in constitutional politics
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- safety catch — a device used in mechanisms, as for elevators, to prevent falling in the event of mechanical failure.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- schaffhausen — a canton in N Switzerland. 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
- scire facias — a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.