12-letter words containing f, e, s, t, o
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- of substance — wealthy
- 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
- offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- offset sheet — a rubber-coated sheet in an offset press which acts as the intermediate surface to transfer the impression to the paper
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of shape — person: unfit
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- out-of-state — of, relating to, or from another state of the U.S.: a car with an out-of-state license plate; out-of-state vacationers.
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- presser foot — a forked, metal device on a sewing machine used for holding the fabric in place while stitching.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- proof stress — the load per unit area that a structure can withstand without being permanently deformed by more than a specified amount.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- 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-to-self — autologous.