12-letter words containing a, t, f, i
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
- gas fittings — pipes, tubes, brackets, etc, used in the supply of gas to a building
- gasification — Action of gasifying.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- giant fennel — a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- ill-affected — not well disposed; disaffected
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in bad faith — intending to deceive sb
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- inartificial — Not artificial; natural; simple; artless.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- infant apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- infant class — (in England and Wales) a class at infant school for young schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 7
- infanticidal — the act of killing an infant.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.