12-letter words containing f, i, n, t
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantifiably — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- ratification — the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- 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.
- rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- 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
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- 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
- 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-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
- 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