12-letter words containing f, o, r
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- tender offer — a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to your feet — If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- tour of duty — tour (def 5).
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- tree of life — a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life. Gen 2:9; 3:22.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- trouble-free — not problematic
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- true to form — typical
- true to life — realistic
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.