12-letter words containing f, o, i
- bichon frise — a small white poodle-like dog of European origin, with a silky, loosely curling coat
- bifunctional — having two functions
- bill of fare — The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat.
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- bioflavonoid — any of a group of biologically active flavone compounds that may help maintain the blood's capillary walls, reducing the likelihood of hemorrhaging: widely found in plants, esp. citrus fruits
- bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
- bit of fluff — a girl or young woman
- bit of skirt — a girl or woman
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- bogon filter — /boh'gon fil'tr/ Any device, software or hardware, that limits or suppresses the flow and/or emission of bogons. "Engineering hacked a bogon filter between the Cray and the VAXen, and now we're getting fewer dropped packets." See also bogosity.
- boniface iii — pope a.d. 607.
- boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
- boning knife — a small kitchen knife having a narrow blade for boning meat or fish.
- booking form — a form used to book a holiday, accommodation, etc
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- buffalo bill — nickname of William Frederick Cody. 1846–1917, US showman who toured Europe and the US with his famous Wild West Show
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calorie-free — containing no calories
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
- carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
- chiffonniere — a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- chill factor — windchill factor
- chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- circumfluous — flowing all around
- circumfusion — to pour around; diffuse.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc