12-letter words containing f, o, r
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- griffin-hood — (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- gross profit — gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heart of oak — a brave person
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).