12-letter words containing t, o, r, f, e
- new frontier — the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nonfederated — not federated
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- offset paper — paper used in a printing method in which the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- offset press — a printing press used in the offset process, whereby a printing the impression is made onto an intermediate surface, such as a rubber blanket, which transfers it to the paper
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- on your feet — position: standing
- orthoformate — an ester of orthoformic acid.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- out of order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
- outperformer — One who outperforms.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- paper profit — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- parrot fever — psittacosis.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- power factor — (in an electrical circuit) the ratio of the power dissipated to the product of the input volts times amps
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.