12-letter words containing r, o, t, f, l
- 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.
- photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
- 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.
- platform car — a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
- port of call — a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.
- 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
- potato flour — a type of flour made from potatoes
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- 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
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- 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
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- 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 release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- 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