12-letter words containing f, r, o, m
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- customs form — a form for customs, concerning the nature, value, destination, etc, of goods being imported or exported
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.
- derived form — derivative (def 4).
- derived-form — something that has been derived.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- dwarf mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- enforcements — Plural form of enforcement.
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- factory farm — a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods
- fall webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- farm to fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- farm-to-fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- fata morgana — Meteorology. a mirage consisting of multiple images, as of cliffs and buildings, that are distorted and magnified to resemble elaborate castles, often seen near the Straits of Messina.
- fearsomeness — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fibrilliform — of the form of a fibril.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- firmer gouge — a narrow-bladed gouge similar in manner of use to a firmer chisel.
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- flabelliform — Shaped like a fan; flabellate.
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
- flameproofer — any agent which renders something flameproof
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.