12-letter words containing f, l, a, t, r
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-starter — starter (def 3).
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- 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
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- the far left — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people
- the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
- thrust fault — a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- 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.
- trans female — a person who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- treble staff — a staff, bearing a treble clef.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly