12-letter words containing o, r, i
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- forward bias — a voltage applied to a circuit or device, esp a semiconductor device, in the direction that produces the larger current
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- 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).
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- free on rail — (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer
- freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- freezer foil — a type of tinfoil used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- freezing fog — fog in which the temperature of the water droplets is so low that they freeze on contact with surfaces
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
- 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.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frighten off — scare away
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- fritto misto — small pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.