12-letter words containing f, l, a, t, i, o
- 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.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- 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.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- 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
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- 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.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unifoliolate — compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.