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11-letter words containing f, i, t

  • take office — come to power
  • tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
  • tariff line — an item listed in a country's tariff schedule
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • téléférique — a cableway
  • telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
  • terra firma — firm or solid earth; dry land (as opposed to water or air).
  • test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft.
  • testificate — a document of evidence
  • that's life — expressing acceptance of fate
  • the fact is — You use the fact is or the fact of the matter is to introduce and draw attention to a summary or statement of the most important point about what you have been saying.
  • the fidgets — restless, uneasy feelings or movements
  • the fifteen — the Jacobite rising of 1715
  • the fifties — the numbers or years, as of a century, from fifty through fifty-nine
  • the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
  • the flemish — the Flemings collectively
  • the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the giraffe — the constellation Camelopardalis
  • the inferno — hell; the infernal region
  • the like of — any person or thing like
  • the offside — the side of a vehicle nearest the centre of the road (in Britain, the right side)
  • thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
  • third floor — the storey of a building immediately above the second and three floors up from the ground
  • third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
  • thirty-five — a cardinal number, 30 plus 5.
  • thirty-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
  • thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
  • thriftiness — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
  • throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
  • thuriferous — producing frankincense
  • tibiofibula — the bone of a frog's lower leg
  • ticking off — If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
  • tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
  • tightfisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • time of day — a definite time as shown by a timepiece; the hour: Can you tell me the time of day?
  • time-filler — an activity that occupies time which would otherwise be wasted
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
  • tit-for-tat — A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
  • title fight — a boxing match to determine the winner of a championship
  • to infinity — without limit or end
  • to the life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • toffishness — the quality or state of being toffish
  • tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
  • toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
  • tout a fait — entirely; completely.
  • traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
  • traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
  • trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
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