12-letter words containing f, i, r, s, t, n
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- ninety-first — next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- 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.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- 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.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- 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.
- 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
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- unfortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- zip fastener — a zipper.