12-letter words containing s, a, f, r, o, l
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
- salutiferous — salutary.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- 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.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- 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.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- 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
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system