12-letter words containing s, o, f, t, l
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- 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.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflationist — an advocate of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- least of all — You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loose-footed — (of a fore-and-aft sail) not having the foot bent to a boom.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- loosestrifes — Plural form of loosestrife.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- 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.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.