12-letter words containing f, o, r
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- of few words — taciturn, who rarely speaks
- 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 the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
- oil refinery — plant where crude oil is processed
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- 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.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- on your feet — position: standing
- opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- out of court — If a legal matter is decided or settled out of court, it is decided without legal action being taken in a court of law.
- out of doors — outside, outdoors
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- out of hours — Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.
- out of humor — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- out of order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- out of round — not having perfect roundness
- out of sorts — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- out-of-court — conducted or agreed upon between contending parties without court decision: an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit.
- out-of-doors — Also, out-of-door. outdoor.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- out-of-round — not perfectly round.
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
- outperformer — One who outperforms.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.