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12-letter words containing o, c, t, f

  • floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • 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.
  • flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
  • fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
  • fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
  • fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
  • fm cyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
  • foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
  • focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
  • folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
  • folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
  • folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • food fascist — a person who shows extreme, intolerant views in relation to food
  • foot traffic — the wear and tear caused to a surface by people walking on it
  • for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
  • for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
  • forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
  • forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • fornications — Plural form of fornication.
  • fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
  • forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
  • fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
  • fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
  • fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
  • fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
  • four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
  • fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
  • fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
  • fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • fractionator — Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker (def 10).
  • fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
  • french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
  • friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
  • friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
  • frictionally — In terms of friction.
  • frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
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