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11-letter words containing n, f, a

  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • son of adam — a man: He had all the weaknesses to which a son of Adam is heir.
  • sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
  • spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
  • st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
  • stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
  • stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
  • strand wolf — brown hyena.
  • subaffluent — between poor and affluent
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
  • suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • 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.
  • tabefaction — the process of tabefying
  • tachina fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Tachinidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars, beetles, and other insects.
  • tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
  • 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
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • 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.
  • trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • train ferry — a ship designed to carry railway vehicles
  • transferase — any of the class of enzymes, as the transaminases that catalyze the transfer of an organic group from one compound to another.
  • transferral — transference; transfer.
  • transferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transferrin — a plasma glycoprotein that transports dietary iron to the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • transfinite — going beyond or surpassing the finite.
  • transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • 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.
  • trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
  • tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
  • tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
  • twelfth man — a reserve player in a cricket team
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