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12-letter words containing f, l, a, t, r

  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • left bracket — (character)   "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
  • left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
  • life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
  • lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
  • manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
  • multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
  • multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
  • multifurcate — forked; branching.
  • natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
  • nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
  • nonolfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • normal fault — gravity fault.
  • oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
  • 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.
  • olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  • 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
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
  • port of call — a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
  • portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
  • potato flour — a type of flour made from potatoes
  • poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
  • quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
  • radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
  • radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
  • rail traffic — the vehicles, passengers, or freight that are moving from place to place by railway
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
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