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

  • 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.
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • recomforture — consolation; comfort
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
  • reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
  • reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
  • reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
  • reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • refoundation — an act of refounding
  • refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
  • reperforator — (especially in teletype transmission) a machine for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages so that they may later be retransmitted: used for automatic typesetting.
  • retroflexion — a bending backward.
  • right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
  • river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • roof terrace — a garden on the roof of a building
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
  • seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
  • silver frost — glaze (def 17).
  • sixth former — student: 16-18
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