11-letter words containing t, i, f, o
- tit for tat — with an equivalent given in retaliation, as a blow for a blow, repartee, etc.: He answered their insults tit for tat.
- tit-for-tat — A tit-for-tat action is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them.
- to infinity — without limit or end
- to the life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- toffishness — the quality or state of being toffish
- tooth fairy — a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
- toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
- tout a fait — entirely; completely.
- traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
- trafficator — a directional signal on a vehicle for indicating which way it is going to turn.
- transfixion — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- trapeziform — formed like a trapezium.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trifluoride — a fluoride containing three atoms of fluorine.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.
- tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
- tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
- tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
- unconfident — lacking self-assurance
- unfavourite — not favourite or favoured
- unforfeited — not forfeited
- unfortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- unification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- unit factor — a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.
- unmortified — not humiliated or shamed
- unprofiting — the lack of profit or gain
- unsoftening — not softening
- view factor — The view factor is the degree to which heat carried by radiation can be passed between two surfaces.
- vinificator — a condenser for alcohol vapors escaping from fermenting wine.
- vinton cerf — Vint Cerf
- vital force — the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wait for it — You say 'wait for it' to stop someone from doing something too soon because you have not yet given them the command to do it.
- war footing — the condition or status of a military force or other organization when operating under a state of war or as if a state of war existed.
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- white flour — flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process
- white frost — a heavy coating of frost.
- wing-footed — having winged feet.
- yttriferous — yielding or containing yttrium.
- zeolitiform — in the shape of a zeolite
- zoografting — zooplasty.