12-letter words containing a, f, t, c
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transference — the act or process of transferring.
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- unartificial — not showing art or skill; not skilled or artistic
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- usufructuary — of, relating to, or of the nature of usufruct.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- vinification — the process of making wine.
- vitrifacture — the making of glass or glass products
- vivification — to give life to; animate; quicken.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa