12-letter words containing f, r, i, n
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- oil refinery — plant where crude oil is processed
- 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.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- 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 print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfineness — excessive fineness
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- paraffin wax — paraffin in its solid state.
- paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- preferential — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformation — previous formation.
- price fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- price-fixing — the establishing of prices at a determined level, either by a government or by mutual consent among producers or sellers of a commodity.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prison fever — typhus.
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- proofreading — correction of text
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.