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.