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

  • refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
  • roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
  • roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
  • rooflessness — the state of having no roof
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • salutiferous — salutary.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-colored — of one color.
  • self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
  • self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • silver frost — glaze (def 17).
  • slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
  • soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
  • soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
  • soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
  • stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
  • stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
  • sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
  • tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
  • tie-off rail — trim rail.
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
  • trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
  • tree of life — a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life. Gen 2:9; 3:22.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
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