11-letter words containing t, i, f, o
- fulmination — a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- functionary — a person who functions in a specified capacity, especially in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.
- functionate — to perform a function; to carry out one's work or duty
- functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- fusillation — the use of shooting as a method of capital punishment, esp during warfare
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- gift of gab — an aptitude for speaking fluently, glibly, or persuasively.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go off with — sb
- granitiform — resembling granite
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- host family — family one lodges with
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- i formation — an offensive alignment in which the backs are positioned in line directly behind the quarterback.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- idiot-proof — built, organized, written, etc., in such a way as to be usable by or understandable to any person of average intelligence or skill: an idiot-proof camera.
- if you must — You say 'if you must' when you know that you cannot stop someone doing something that you think is wrong or stupid.
- if you want — as you please
- if-come bet — pyramid bet.
- imperforate — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in front of — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- in light of — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in point of — in the matter of; regarding
- in quest of — searching for
- in spite of — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- in terms of — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- in token of — something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
- in-stead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- inconfident — (rare) unconfident; lacking confidence.
- infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- infarctions — Plural form of infarction.
- infatuation — the state of being infatuated.
- inferiority — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- infestation — the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
- infield out — a put-out recorded by a member of the infield.
- infiltrator — to filter into or through; permeate.
- inflections — Plural form of inflection.
- inflictions — Plural form of infliction.
- inforcement — Archaic form of enforcement.
- informality — the state of being informal; absence of formality.
- informatics — the study of information processing; computer science.
- information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
- informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.