12-letter words containing f, e, t, o

nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
notch effect — the increase in stress in an area of a component near a crack, depression, etc, or a change in section, such as a sharp angle: can be enough to cause failure of the component although the calculated average stress may be quite safe
note of hand — promissory note.
note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
of even date — of the same or today's date
of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
of substance — wealthy
off the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
off the cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
off the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
off-the-cuff — with little or no preparation; extemporaneous; impromptu: a speaker with a good off-the-cuff delivery.
off-the-face — (of a woman's hat) made without a brim.
off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
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
old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
on the fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
on your feet — position: standing
orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
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 order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
out of reach — beyond arm's length
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 tempo — not in tempo
out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing
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.
outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
outline font — (text) (Or "vector font") A font defined as a set of lines and curves as opposed to a bitmap font. An outline font (e.g. PostScript, TrueType, RISC OS) can be scaled to any size and otherwise transformed more easily than a bitmap font, and with more attractive results, though this requires a lot of numerical processing. The result of transforming a character in an outline font in a particular way is often saved as a bitmap in a font cache to avoid repeating the calculations if that character is to be drawn again.
outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
outperformer — One who outperforms.

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