12-letter words containing f, o, t, r
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forest floor — the above- ground layer of a forest made up of tree roots, soil and decaying matter
- forest green — Lincoln green.
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretopmasts — Plural form of foretopmast.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forex market — short for
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fort stewart — a military reservation in SE Georgia, SW of Savannah.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation