12-letter words containing a, n, t, i, f, r
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- 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.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unartificial — not showing art or skill; not skilled or artistic
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfilterable — not able to be filtered
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- zip fastener — a zipper.