12-letter words containing t, i, f, o
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.
- foot traffic — the wear and tear caused to a surface by people walking on it
- foot-binding — (formerly in China) the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- footslogging — Present participle of footslog.
- footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- form-fitting — Form-fitting clothes fit very closely to the body of the person who is wearing them. Form-fitting is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fort collins — a city in N Colorado.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fort william — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- fortuitously — In a fortuitous manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- forty-niners — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation