12-letter words containing n, o, t, i, f
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
- topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transforming — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformism — the doctrine of gradual transformation of one species into another by descent with modification through many generations.
- transformist — an adherent of transformism.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
- unconformity — lack of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unfastidious — not fastidious; not fussy; not appropriately concerned with detail or cleanliness
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- unfortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unifoliolate — compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- united front — a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members: They presented a united front against the enemy.
- unperfection — imperfection
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- vinification — the process of making wine.
- vivification — to give life to; animate; quicken.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- young fustic — fustet (def 2).