12-letter words containing a, f, t
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- stefan dušan — 1308–55, king of Serbia (1331–55), who conquered Albania (1343) and large parts of the Byzantine empire, into which he introduced legal and administrative reforms
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- 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
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- sulfate pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfate process.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- tamper-proof — resistant to interference, alteration
- tank farming — hydroponics.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- tax-deferred — noting or providing income that is not taxed until a later time.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- the far east — the countries of E Asia, usually including China, Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: sometimes extended to include all territories east of Afghanistan
- the far left — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic change, reform, or revolution designed to promote the greater freedom, power, welfare, or comfort of the common people