12-letter words containing t, r, i, f
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- rail traffic — the vehicles, passengers, or freight that are moving from place to place by railway
- ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- ratification — the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- reformatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- refrigerated — made frozen or cold, esp for preservative purposes; chilled or frozen
- refrigerator — a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
- retroflexion — a bending backward.
- rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- road traffic — traffic on the road
- roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scarificator — a person who scarifies.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- short shrift — a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sixth former — student: 16-18