12-letter words containing f, l, o, r, e, t
- 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-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- 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.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- 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.
- tree of life — a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life. Gen 2:9; 3:22.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- true to life — realistic
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl