12-letter words containing s, e, t, i, f
- disinfectant — any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful organisms.
- disinfecting — Present participle of disinfect.
- disinfection — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfestant — a product used to remove infestation
- dissatisfied — not satisfied or pleased; discontented.
- dissatisfies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissatisfy.
- distaff side — the female side of a family (opposed to spear side).
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- effronteries — Plural form of effrontery.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
- elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
- equisetiform — having the form of equisetum
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- faintishness — The quality of being faintish; slight faintness.
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fantasticate — to make or render fantastic.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fast-selling — selling quickly and in large quantities
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fatty tissue — tissue with excessive accumulation of fat
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- featheriness — The state or quality of being feathery.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- femininities — Plural form of femininity.
- feminisation — Alternative spelling of feminization.
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- fenestration — the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- festschrifts — Plural form of festschrift.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.