12-letter words containing s, o, f, a, r
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fast forward — advance rapidly through
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
- fast-forward — a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that allows the content to be advanced rapidly.
- fast-growing — growing very quickly
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- fearsomeness — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
- feather shot — fine bean shot.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- fianarantsoa — a city in E central Madagascar.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- first of all — to start with
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- flagellators — Plural form of flagellator.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- floor sample — an appliance, piece of furniture, or other article of merchandise that has been used for display or demonstration and is usually offered at a reduced price.
- flooring saw — a saw having a curved edge.
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- florida moss — Spanish moss.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for a season — for a while
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for starters — a person or thing that starts.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forasmuch as — since
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- fore-topmast — the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.