12-letter words containing f, i, r, n
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- 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.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transferring — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.