12-letter words containing f, i, c, t, o, r
- non-friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- 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.
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prime factor — any number in the set of prime numbers that is also a factor of a given integer
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- ratification — the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- road traffic — traffic on the road
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- 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.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- 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.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unperfection — imperfection
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- verification — the act of verifying.