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12-letter words containing f, e, r, o, a

  • jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
  • labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
  • lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
  • neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
  • neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
  • neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
  • nonfederated — not federated
  • off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
  • orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
  • 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.
  • over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • overfatigued — excessively fatigued
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
  • pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
  • 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
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