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12-letter words containing o, f, l, a, t, e

  • interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
  • iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • leaf tobacco — tobacco in leaf form
  • least of all — You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.
  • let floating — (programming)   A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
  • liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
  • loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
  • multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • nonaffiliate — One who is not an affiliate.
  • of all the x — You use all in expressions like of all the cheek or of all the luck to emphasize how angry or surprised you are at what someone else has done or said.
  • off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
  • off-the-wall — markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
  • olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
  • out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
  • prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
  • protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
  • rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
  • reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
  • reflectogram — an image of an under-drawing or image taken from beneath the surface of paint in a work of art
  • salutiferous — salutary.
  • sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
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