12-letter words containing e, f, t, n, s
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicities — Plural form of infelicity.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- infinite set — (mathematics) A set with an infinite number of elements. There are several possible definitions, e.g. (i) ("Dedekind infinite") A set X is infinite if there exists a bijection (one-to-one mapping) between X and some proper subset of X. (ii) A set X is infinite if there exists an injection from N (the set of natural numbers) to X. In the presence of the Axiom of Choice all such definitions are equivalent.
- infiniteness — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- intensifiers — Plural form of intensifier.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jeffersonite — (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- manifestness — The quality or state of being manifest or obvious.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- nefud desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- ninety-first — next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- of substance — wealthy
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.