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11-letter words containing f, a, n, i

  • saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satisficing — the act of satisficing
  • scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
  • scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • signal flag — a flag used for sending messages to other ships
  • significant — important; of consequence.
  • significate — something signified
  • sinfonietta — a short symphony.
  • snail fever — schistosomiasis.
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
  • spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
  • st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
  • suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
  • tabefaction — the process of tabefying
  • tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
  • tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
  • tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • 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.
  • train ferry — a ship designed to carry railway vehicles
  • 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.
  • transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
  • trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
  • tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
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