12-letter words containing f, r, s, c
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- microfossils — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misinference — Incorrect inference.
- misreference — to reference (an academic work, a publication, etc) inaccurately or incorrectly
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- 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.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overfocussed — too focussed
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- past perfect — pluperfect.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- prespecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- press office — a section of a government department or other organization responsible for dealing with the press
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- pseudo force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- schrieffer's — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.