9-letter words containing f, a, i, t
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- recitatif — recitative2 .
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- tackifier — a substance that causes tackiness
- tafelwein — German table wine
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- take fire — to begin to burn
- take five — a cardinal number, four plus one.
- take life — to kill
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- taxi fare — the money a customer pays for a journey in a taxi
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- the mafia — an international secret organization founded in Sicily, probably in opposition to tyranny. It developed into a criminal organization and in the late 19th century was carried to the US by Italian immigrants
- thickleaf — any of various succulent plants of the crassulaceous genus Crassula, having sessile or short-stalked fleshy leaves
- thief ant — a small red ant, Solenopsis molesta, of North America, that nests in the walls of the nest of a larger species from which it steals eggs and young larvae.
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- timeframe — the period of time within which certain events are scheduled to occur
- trafficky — (of a street, area, town, etc) busy with motor vehicles
- trail off — diminish
- trifacial — trigeminal.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- undefiant — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- unfairest — most unfair
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.