12-letter words containing f, o
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- 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.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- forlorn hope — a perilous or desperate enterprise.
- 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.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
- formlessness — The quality of being formless.
- formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
- 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.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- forsakenness — past participle of forsake.
- 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.