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12-letter words containing t, h, o

  • fed to death — bored or annoyed
  • feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
  • feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
  • fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
  • fifty-fourth — next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
  • fight it out — a battle or combat.
  • fight shy of — bashful; retiring.
  • fighting top — one of the gun platforms on the lower masts of sailing men-of-war, used in attacking the crew of an enemy ship with swivel guns and muskets
  • first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
  • firth of tay — the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
  • fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
  • fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
  • fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
  • flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
  • flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  • flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
  • flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
  • float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
  • floodlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of floodlight.
  • floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
  • fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
  • fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
  • focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • for all that — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
  • for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
  • foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
  • foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.
  • foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
  • fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
  • forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
  • forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
  • forty-fourth — next after the forty-third; being the ordinal number for 44.
  • fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
  • foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
  • fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
  • fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
  • fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
  • free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
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