12-letter words containing f, o, r, b
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- forward bias — a voltage applied to a circuit or device, esp a semiconductor device, in the direction that produces the larger current
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- four-by-four — a four-wheeled automotive vehicle having four-wheel drive.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- free balloon — a balloon, often equipped to carry passengers, that drifts with air currents and whose ascent and descent are controlled by the release of ballast and buoyant gas.
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- front bottom — the female genitals
- front burner — Informal. a condition or position of top priority: Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- frontbencher — (politics) one who sits on the front bench in a parliament. Typically the spokesmen for those who sit further back.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- globeflowers — Plural form of globeflower.
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- morbilliform — (of a rash) resembling measles
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- olefin fiber — any of a group of synthetic textile fibers, as Herculon, formed from long-chain polymers no less than 85 percent ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units.
- opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.