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12-letter words containing f, s, y, t

  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
  • hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • infix syntax — infix notation
  • infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
  • insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
  • intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
  • justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
  • left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
  • life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
  • memory farts — (jargon, humour)   The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
  • mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • mystifyingly — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
  • ninety-first — next after the ninetieth; being the ordinal number for 91.
  • of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
  • out of style — no longer fashionable
  • play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
  • pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
  • pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
  • respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
  • safety catch — a device used in mechanisms, as for elevators, to prevent falling in the event of mechanical failure.
  • safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
  • safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
  • safety touch — a two-point play
  • safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • self-mastery — self-control.
  • self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
  • seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
  • streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
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