12-letter words containing a, f, o, r, e, s
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- 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
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorate — the office or the period of service of a professor.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
- salutiferous — salutary.
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.