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12-letter words containing s, o, n, f, a

  • mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
  • metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
  • misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
  • misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • nannofossils — Plural form of nannofossil.
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
  • noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
  • nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
  • oasification — The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
  • obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • of substance — wealthy
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • oil of anise — the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • 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.
  • ossification — the act or process of ossifying.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
  • salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
  • san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • 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.
  • satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • sinification — to Sinicize.
  • sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • sneak out of — leave secretly
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
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