12-letter words containing n, o, p, e, r
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- fernando póo — Bioko
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flow pattern — The flow pattern is the way in which fluids move through a reactor.
- foetoprotein — Alternative spelling of fetoprotein.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- forlorn hope — a perilous or desperate enterprise.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- free company — a band of free companions.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- georgia pine — longleaf pine.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
- gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- green plover — lapwing.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- 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
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hanover park — a city in NE Illinois.
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.