12-letter words containing fo
- 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.
- fox software — (company) Developers of FoxBASE+ and FoxPRO. Fox Software merged with Microsoft around 1992. Addresss: Perrysburg, OH, USA.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- foxtail lily — eremurus
- free-for-all — a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
- freedom food — (in Britain) food that is produced by farmers conforming to the guidelines for humane farming set by the Freedom Food programme set up by the RSPCA in conjunction with some major supermarkets
- freezer foil — a type of tinfoil used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- freezing fog — fog in which the temperature of the water droplets is so low that they freeze on contact with surfaces
- full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
- gang of four — a group of four radical members of the Chinese Communist Party who were leaders of the Cultural Revolution and who were purged and imprisoned after the death of Mao Zedong: Jiang Qing (widow of Mao), Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- in good form — fit, healthy
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- interfoliate — to interleave
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.