12-letter words containing f, o, r, m, e
- freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.
- frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- in memory of — to commemorate
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
- large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
- muffle color — Ceramics. a color fired onto an object in a muffle kiln.
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.