12-letter words containing o, f, l, a, t
- 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.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- 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
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- 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.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- 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
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- to fall flat — If you fall flat on your face, you fall over.
- to fall open — If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- 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 play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- toffee-apple — an apple fixed on a stick and coated with a thin layer of toffee
- 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.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.