12-letter words containing r, o, f, l
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- frost hollow — a depression in a hilly area in which cold air collects, becoming very cold at night
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
- full frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
- full-frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- globeflowers — Plural form of globeflower.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- horrifically — causing horror.