12-letter words containing f, e, s, t, o
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- toffee-nosed — stuck-up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee-nosed butler; a toffee-nosed shop.
- 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.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- vociferosity — the characteristic of being vociferous
- west suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk, in E England.
- wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
- wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
- youthfulness — characterized by youth; young.
- zero defects — quality control that strives for a perfect production process, resulting in flawless products.