12-letter words containing t, r, e, f, n
- counterforts — Plural form of counterfort.
- counteroffer — A counteroffer is an offer that someone makes, for example, for a house or business, in response to an offer by another person or group.
- counterproof — a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- country life — life in the country
- craft centre — a large shop that sells craftwork
- craftsperson — an artisan
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- defragmented — Simple past tense and past participle of defragment.
- defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- destined for — headed for; bound for
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- differentiae — Plural form of differentia.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drift netter — a person who uses a drift net in fishing.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- effervescent — effervescing; bubbling.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- efflorescent — efflorescing; blossoming.
- effronteries — Plural form of effrontery.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- elfin forest — the zone of stunted wind-blown trees growing at high altitudes just above the timberline on tropical mountains
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- enforcements — Plural form of enforcement.
- entrance fee — cost of admission
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- face-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.