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11-letter words containing a, d, f

  • hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
  • horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
  • id software — (games)   Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
  • idaho falls — a city in E Idaho.
  • idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
  • ifs and ans — things that might have happened, but which did not
  • ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
  • in-stead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
  • indefinable — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
  • indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
  • indian file — in single file.
  • indian wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus pallipes, of Asia south of the Himalayas.
  • infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
  • infanticide — the act of killing an infant.
  • infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
  • infibulated — Simple past tense and past participle of infibulate.
  • infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
  • inflammated — (nonstandard) Inflamed.
  • infomediary — An Internet company that gathers and links information on particular subjects on behalf of commercial organizations and their potential customers.
  • infraorders — Misspelling of infra-orders.
  • infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
  • infundibula — Plural form of infundibulum.
  • insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
  • interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
  • janus-faced — having two faces, one looking forward, one looking backward, as the Roman deity Janus.
  • kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
  • ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
  • lady friend — female companion
  • ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
  • lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
  • lamb of god — Christ.
  • land freeze — a legal restraint on the sale or transfer of land.
  • land of nod — the mythical land of sleep.
  • land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
  • land reform — any program, especially when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.
  • lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
  • latifundium — a great estate.
  • lay hold of — to seize or grasp
  • lead-footed — awkward; clumsy.
  • leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
  • left-handed — having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand: a left-handed pitcher.
  • left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
  • life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
  • light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
  • light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
  • lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
  • lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
  • load factor — the amount or weight of cargo, number of passengers, etc., that an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel can carry.
  • madefaction — the process of making wet
  • mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
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