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

  • curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
  • cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
  • deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
  • deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
  • deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
  • deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
  • doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
  • dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
  • double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
  • double first — a first in two subjects.
  • dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
  • eco-friendly — environmentally safe
  • efflorescent — efflorescing; blossoming.
  • efflorescing — Present participle of effloresce.
  • effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
  • eiffel tower — landmark in Paris
  • electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
  • electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
  • elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
  • elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
  • exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
  • fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
  • fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
  • fennelflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nigella, of the buttercup family, especially N. sativa, the seeds of which are used, especially in the East, as a condiment and medicine.
  • ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
  • field-holler — a cry employing falsetto, portamento, and sudden changes of pitch, used in African-American work songs, later integrated into the techniques of the blues
  • fingerflower — purple foxglove.
  • fire balloon — a montgolfier.
  • fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
  • fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
  • flabelliform — Shaped like a fan; flabellate.
  • flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
  • flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
  • flagellatory — relating to flagellation
  • flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
  • flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
  • flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
  • flameproofer — any agent which renders something flameproof
  • flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
  • flammiferous — flame-producing
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