11-letter words containing f, a, t, s
- oceanfronts — Plural form of oceanfront.
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- priestcraft — the training, knowledge, and abilities necessary to a priest.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- profits tax — tax charged on the profits made by a company, individual, etc
- proof stage — the stage of publishing where trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) are read for the correction of errors
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rastafarian — a follower of Rastafarianism.
- raster font — bitmap font
- re-forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- retransform — to transform back, again or differently
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
- safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- safety cage — A safety cage is a rigid part of the body of a vehicle that surrounds the passenger compartment and protects passengers during a crash.
- safety date — someone who accompanies a single person to a function to give the impression that he or she is in a personal relationship
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
- safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
- safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- san stefano — the former name of Yesilkoy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisfiable — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- satisficing — the act of satisficing
- 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.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
- sea feather — any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony assumes a featherlike shape.