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12-letter words containing f, l, o, r, i

  • formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
  • formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
  • formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
  • formularizer — One who formularizes.
  • formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
  • formulations — Plural form of formulation.
  • fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
  • fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
  • fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
  • fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
  • fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
  • fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
  • fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
  • francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
  • frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
  • free on rail — (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer
  • freezer foil — a type of tinfoil used to wrap food that is to be frozen
  • frictionally — In terms of friction.
  • frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
  • frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
  • futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
  • goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
  • gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
  • gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
  • half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
  • high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
  • high-profile — prominent publicly
  • horrifically — causing horror.
  • horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
  • hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
  • hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
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