12-letter words containing f, i, t, y
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- indefinitely — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- modificatory — modifying.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- multiformity — having many different shapes, forms, or kinds.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- mystifyingly — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.