11-letter words containing a, r, f
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
- tit-for-tat — A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
- tort-feasor — a person who commits a tort.
- tractorfeed — 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 cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
- trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
- trafficator — a directional signal on a vehicle for indicating which way it is going to turn.
- trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- tragic flaw — the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia.
- train ferry — a ship designed to carry railway vehicles
- transferase — any of the class of enzymes, as the transaminases that catalyze the transfer of an organic group from one compound to another.
- transferral — transference; transfer.
- transferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transferrin — a plasma glycoprotein that transports dietary iron to the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transfinite — going beyond or surpassing the finite.
- transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- transfixion — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- travel film — a filmed documentary showing travel in a certain country or region
- trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- ultrafilter — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- uncared for — If you describe people or animals as uncared for, you mean that they have not been looked after properly and as a result are hungry, dirty, or ill.
- uncared-for — untended; neglected; unkempt: The garden had an uncared-for look.
- unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- unfaltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavorably — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unfearfully — in an unfearful manner
- unfeathered — clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- unflavoured — not flavoured
- unforceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- unforgeable — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- unformatted — Computers. pertaining to a disk that has not been electronically prepared to receive files or other text; blank: You cannot save files on an unformatted disk.
- unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- ungratified — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- unharmfully — in an unharmful way
- unit factor — a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.
- unrefracted — (of light, waves, rays, etc) not refracted or deflected
- unrefusable — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.