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18-letter words containing f, i, t, m

  • senior aircraftman — a rank in the Royal Air Force comparable to that of a private in the army, though not the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force
  • shoot from the hip — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
  • sixth-form college — (in England and Wales) a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms
  • smooth fox terrier — a breed of short-haired fox terrier with a mostly white, smooth coat.
  • sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
  • sodium thiosulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 3 ⋅5H 2 O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent.
  • spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
  • spirits of ammonia — a 10% solution of ammonia in alcohol
  • squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
  • statement of claim — law: first pleading
  • stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
  • strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
  • subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
  • sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
  • take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
  • the beautiful game — football
  • the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
  • the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
  • thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
  • time of one's life — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
  • transmission shaft — a shaft that rotates transmitting motion from the engine to the differential gear
  • transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
  • tsaratanana massif — a mountain range in N Madagascar. Highest peak, 9436 feet (2876 meters).
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • unfair competition — acts done by a seller to confuse or deceive the public with intent to acquire a larger portion of the market, as by cutting prices below cost, misleading advertising, selling a spurious product under a false identity, etc.
  • vitamin deficiency — a lack of a vitamin or vitamins needed for good health
  • white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
  • wingback formation — single wingback formation.
  • witch hazel family — the plant family Hamamelidaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having alternate, simple leaves, flowers in clusters or heads, and fruit in the form of a double-beaked woody capsule, and including the sweet gum, witch alder, and witch hazel.
  • writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
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