9-letter words containing f, i, t, o, n
- iron fist — harsh rule
- left join — outer join
- lentiform — lenticular.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loftiness — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- nonfinite — Infinite.
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
- nontariff — Not a tariff.
- notifying — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- officiant — a person who officiates at a religious service or ceremony.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- oftentime — (rare) oftentimes.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outfoxing — Present participle of outfox.
- point off — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- profiting — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- sinfjotli — the son of Signy by her brother Sigmund.
- sniff out — detect
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- soft iron — iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soft sign — the Cyrillic letter (ь) as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is palatalized, or to represent (y) between a palatalized consonant and a vowel. See also jer (def 1).
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life