12-letter words containing f, i, t, a
- stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tail feather — one of the feathers making up a bird's tail
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- 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.
- taper relief — (in Britain) a system of relief from capital gains tax under which the percentage of a chargeable gain considered taxable is reduced for each whole year (from April 1998) that the asset was held by the vendor
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- 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.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- 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 arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- 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.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.