12-letter words containing f, r, i, s, t
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- ninety-first — next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- proof spirit — an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- short shrift — a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sixth former — student: 16-18