12-letter words containing t, o, l, n, a
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- footplateman — a member of a locomotive crew who stands on the footplate to operate the controls
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- full frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- full-frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- gelatination — Conversion into gelatin or jelly-like substance.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course has more gates and is longer and steeper than that in a regular slalom.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.