11-letter words containing f, o, r, t
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- street food — ready-to-eat food sold on the street or in a park, open-air market, or other outdoor public place.
- strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent
- 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.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- sure-footed — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- 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.
- tamperproof — that cannot be tampered with; impervious to tampering: a tamper-proof lock.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- term of art — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the inferno — hell; the infernal region
- thenceforth — from that time or place onward.
- theretofore — before or until that time.
- 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-four — a cardinal number, 30 plus 4.
- thornproofs — garments that resist penetration by thorns
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- to the fore — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- 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.
- tort-feasor — a person who commits a tort.
- tractorfeed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- trafficator — a directional signal on a vehicle for indicating which way it is going to turn.
- transfixion — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- trench foot — injury of the skin, blood vessels, and nerves of the feet due to prolonged exposure to cold and wet, common among soldiers serving in trenches.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- trough roof — M roof.