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12-letter words containing t, i, f, o

  • fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
  • fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
  • four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • foxtail lily — eremurus
  • fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
  • fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • fractionator — Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker (def 10).
  • freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
  • freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
  • friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
  • friction saw — a high-speed circular saw, usually toothless, that is used for cutting metals by using frictional heat to melt the material adjacent to it.
  • frictionally — In terms of friction.
  • frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
  • fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • frighten off — scare away
  • fritto misto — small pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
  • frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • front office — the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
  • frontiersman — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
  • frontiersmen — a person, especially a man, who lives on the frontier, especially in sparsely settled regions.
  • frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
  • frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
  • frozen stiff — feeling very cold
  • fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
  • fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
  • frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
  • fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
  • fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
  • function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionless — Lacking a function.
  • futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
  • gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
  • gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
  • gamification — the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game: Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.
  • gasification — Action of gasifying.
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
  • gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
  • get off with — kiss
  • gift voucher — gift certificate.
  • goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
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