9-letter words containing n, i, f, t
- swiftness — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- tafelwein — German table wine
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- 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.
- town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life
- 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.
- undutiful — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- unpitiful — not receiving or deserving pity; pitiless
- unshifted — (of a keyboard shift key) not pressed or activated.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- unthrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- uplifting — inspirational; offering or providing hope, encouragement, salvation, etc.: an uplifting sermon.
- ventifact — a pebble or cobble that has been faceted, grooved, and polished by the erosive action of wind-driven sand.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- wing flat — a flat, especially a two-fold, usually forming part of a unit of four panels of painted scenery.
- winterfed — Simple past tense and past participle of winterfeed.
- wulfenite — a lead molybdate mineral, PbMoO 4 , occurring usually in tabular crystals, and varying in color from grayish to bright-yellow or red; yellow lead ore.