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12-letter words containing f, o, r, s

  • fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
  • fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
  • fast-forward — a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that allows the content to be advanced rapidly.
  • fast-growing — growing very quickly
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
  • fearsomeness — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
  • feather shot — fine bean shot.
  • fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
  • fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
  • fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
  • fibre optics — optical fibre
  • fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
  • fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
  • fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
  • fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
  • fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
  • first cousin — cousin (def 1).
  • first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
  • first of all — to start with
  • first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
  • first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
  • first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
  • fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
  • fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
  • fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
  • fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
  • fishing worm — an earthworm.
  • fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
  • fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
  • fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
  • flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
  • flammiferous — flame-producing
  • flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • flatterously — in a flatterous manner
  • flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
  • fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
  • flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
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