9-letter words containing f, n, t
- tank farm — an area or expanse of land used for holding oil-storage tanks.
- tanstaafl — /tan'stah-fl/ (From Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". Often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece of free software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet newsgroups. "What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you know." This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high concentration of science-fiction fans and political libertarians in hackerdom.
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- tern foot — a foot ending in three scrolls.
- the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
- the fiend — the devil; Satan
- thief ant — a small red ant, Solenopsis molesta, of North America, that nests in the walls of the nest of a larger species from which it steals eggs and young larvae.
- thin film — a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.
- thin-film — a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.
- think fit — to regard as proper or appropriate
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- throngful — crowded or packed with people
- ton-force — two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- tone-deaf — unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life
- townsfolk — citizens, local people
- trans fat — trans-fatty acid.
- trans-fat — trans-fatty acid.
- transfect — to cause transfection in (a cell).
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- tree fern — any of various ferns, mostly tropical and chiefly of the family Cyatheaceae, that attain the size of trees, sending up a straight trunklike stem with foliage at the summit.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- undefiant — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
- underfoot — under the foot or feet; on the ground; underneath or below: The climb was difficult because there were so many rocks underfoot.
- undrafted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- undutiful — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- unfactual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfetched — damned: Jim beat up every fetched one of them.
- unfitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- unfortune — misfortune
- unfraught — not fraught
- unfretted — ornamented or provided with frets: a fretted molding.
- unhurtful — not hurtful
- unperfect — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- unpitiful — not receiving or deserving pity; pitiless
- unrefuted — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- unrestful — giving or conducive to rest.
- unshifted — (of a keyboard shift key) not pressed or activated.
- unstaffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- unstuffed — not stuffed; not filled with stuffing
- untactful — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- unthrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- untuneful — not tuneful or melodious
- uplifting — inspirational; offering or providing hope, encouragement, salvation, etc.: an uplifting sermon.
- van fleet — James Alward [al-werd] /ˈæl wərd/ (Show IPA), 1892–1992, U.S. army general.