12-letter words containing f, i, t, e, r
- 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.
- terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the flickers — the cinema
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
- the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
- thereinafter — afterward in that document.
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- tickler file — a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- tree of life — a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life. Gen 2:9; 3:22.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- 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.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- true to life — realistic
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfertilized — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- unfilterable — not able to be filtered
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- unfrightened — not frightened
- unfructified — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- ungentrified — not gentrified; not middle class
- 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.