12-letter words containing f, a, n, t
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- significants — important; of consequence.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sinification — to Sinicize.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- spiflication — rough treatment
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stefan dušan — 1308–55, king of Serbia (1331–55), who conquered Albania (1343) and large parts of the Byzantine empire, into which he introduced legal and administrative reforms
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- tank farming — hydroponics.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.