10-letter words containing a, f, m
- hammerfest — a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.
- headframes — Plural form of headframe.
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- i'm afraid — If you want to apologize to someone or to disagree with them in a polite way, you can say I'm afraid.
- infamonise — to defame, to brand with infamy
- infamonize — to make infamous
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infirmarer — the infirmarian of a mediaeval monastery
- inflamable — a former spelling of inflammable
- infliximab — A chimeric monoclonal antibody used to treat autoimmune disorders.
- infomaniac — a person who has infomania.
- informable — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- informally — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- informants — Plural form of informant.
- informatic — Of or pertaining to information science, the processing of information.
- infrahuman — less than human; subhuman.
- interframe — (signal processing) A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
- intraframe — (signal processing) A video frame which does not depend on any other frame for rendering, but simply presents fixed image. Usually subject to spatial compression.
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- lake frome — a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)
- lamb shift — the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom detected by Willis Eugene Lamb (1913–2008), the US physicist
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- leaf miner — any of the larvae of any of numerous insects, as moths of the family Gracilariidae, that live in and feed on the parenchyma of leaves.
- leaf mould — Leaf mould is a substance consisting of decayed leaves that is used to improve the soil.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- low fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- macfarlane — an overcoat with an attached cape and two slits in front near the waist.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- macroflora — Plants that can be seen with the naked eye.
- mafficking — to celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations.
- magnifical — magnificent; imposing.
- magnificat — (italics) the hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke, 1:46–55, beginning “My soul doth magnify the Lord,” used as a canticle at evensong or vespers.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- make after — to set off in pursuit of; chase
- make as if — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- maleficial — abusive or hurtful
- malfeasant — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malleefowl — Alternative form of mallee fowl.