12-letter words containing f, e, m, t, o
- 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.
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- 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.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- foretopmasts — Plural form of foretopmast.
- forex market — short for
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- 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.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.