12-letter words containing f, i, c, t
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- minification — The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
- momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
- nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- nidification — to build a nest.
- night office — the office for matins.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- noneffective — not effective.
- nonfictional — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- north africa — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- notification — a formal notifying or informing.
- oasification — The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- optical diff — vdiff
- ossification — the act or process of ossifying.
- 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.
- out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- pacification — to pacify.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- panification — the making of bread
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- peak traffic — traffic at the time it is most busy