11-letter words containing f, i, t
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- stick shift — a manually operated transmission for an automotive vehicle, with the shift lever set either in the floor or on the steering column.
- stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stiffnesses — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- still lifes — paintings or drawings of inanimate objects
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent
- strike fire — to make a spark, as with tinder
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- stud muffin — a sexually attractive young man
- studio flat — a flat with one main room
- stultifying — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- sweetiewife — a garrulous person
- swing shift — a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- t formation — an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up directly behind the center with the fullback about three yards behind the quarterback and the halfbacks on opposite sides of and about one yard from the fullback.
- tabefaction — the process of tabefying
- tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
- tailleferre — Germaine, 1892–1983, French composer.
- take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- take fright — be scared off