12-letter words containing f, i, n, e, t, o
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- 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.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- unifoliolate — compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
- united front — a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members: They presented a united front against the enemy.
- unperfection — imperfection
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.