12-letter words containing f, o
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- 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
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- half a dozen — six
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- 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-holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- 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.
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- 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
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- 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.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.