12-letter words containing f, o, c, a, l
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- 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.
- 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.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
- roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- self-command — self-control.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- 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
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- 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.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).