12-letter words containing t, r, i, f
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire setting — an ancient method of shattering rock by building a fire against it so as to cause it to split as a result of uneven internal stresses.
- fire station — a building in which firefighting apparatus and usually fire department personnel are housed; firehouse.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- fire watcher — a person who watches for fires, esp those caused by aerial bombardment
- firebreather — A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
- firefighters — Plural form of firefighter.
- firefighting — a person who fights destructive fires.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first empire — the empire (1804–14) established in France by Napoleon Bonaparte.
- first estate — the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate (def 5).
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- first finger — the finger next to the thumb; index finger
- first fruits — The first fruits of a project or activity are the earliest results or profits.
- first nation — any of the indigenous peoples or Indian communities of Canada, especially one formally recognized by the Canadian government.
- first of all — to start with
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
- first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-string — composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- first-termer — a person serving his or her first term, as a member of the U.S. Congress.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- firth of tay — the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- fitness room — a room with gym equipment in it
- fitting room — a room, as in a clothing store, where garments are tried on and measurements taken for alterations or other changes.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flatteringly — In a flattering manner.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.