12-letter words containing f, e, r, o, l
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- 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.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- for a giggle — as a joke or prank; not seriously
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest floor — the above- ground layer of a forest made up of tree roots, soil and decaying matter
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- forlorn hope — a perilous or desperate enterprise.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
- formlessness — The quality of being formless.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- four-wheeler — a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.