12-letter words containing o, f, c, a, s
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.