12-letter words containing n, o, r, t
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- extensometer — An instrument for measuring the deformation of a material under stress.
- exterminator — Someone or something that exterminates.
- extortionary — Of, relating to, or typical of extortion.
- extortionate — (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
- extortioners — Plural form of extortioner.
- extortionist — A person who tries to obtain something through force or violence; a racketeer.
- extra-strong — stronger than average; very strong
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- 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.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- fermentation — the act or process of fermenting.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- 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)
- first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- 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.
- 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
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flow control — (communications, protocol) The collection of techniques used in serial communications to stop the sender sending data until the receiver can accept it. This may be either software flow control or hardware flow control. The receiver typically has a fixed size buffer into which received data is written as soon as it is received. When the amount of buffered data exceeds a "high water mark", the receiver will signal to the transmitter to stop transmitting until the process reading the data has read sufficient data from the buffer that it has reached its "low water mark", at which point the receiver signals to the transmitter to resume transmission.