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12-letter words containing a, n, f

  • anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
  • animal faith — nonrational belief in the existence of a fully knowable world outside the mind.
  • animated gif — (graphics, file format)   (GIF89a) A variant of the GIF image format, often used on web pages to provide moving icons and banners. The GIF89a format supports multiple "frames" that give the impression of motion when displayed in sequence, much like a flip book. The animation may repeat continuously or play once. Animated GIFs aren't supported by earlier web browsers, however the first frame of the image is still shown. There are many utilities to create animated GIFs from a sequence of individual GIF files. There are also utilities that will produce animated GIFs automatically from a piece of text or a single image. One problem with this format is the size of the files produced, as they are by definition a sequence of individual images. Apart from minimising the number of frames, the best way to decrease file size is to assist the LZW compression by using blocks of solid colour, avoid dithering, and use fewer colours. If areas of an image don't change from one frame to another, they don't need to be redrawn so make the area a transparent block in the second frame.
  • antarafacial — (chemistry) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to opposite faces of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.
  • anti-fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
  • anti-foreign — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
  • antiaircraft — used for defense against hostile aircraft
  • antidandruff — preventing or treating dandruff
  • antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
  • antifeminine — opposed to or discriminating against women or feminine characteristics or behaviour
  • antifeminism — the opposition to feminism
  • antifeminist — a person, movement or action opposed to feminism
  • antifriction — intended to reduce friction
  • antireformer — One who opposes reform.
  • arabian gulf — an arm of the Arabian Sea, between SW Iran and Arabia. 600 miles (965 km) long.
  • arba kanfoth — a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
  • arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
  • arseniferous — Lb geology Containing or producing arsenic.
  • assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
  • astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
  • austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
  • backflipping — the process of reversing one's position
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • balkan frame — an overhead frame, fastened to a bed, from which a splinted, fractured leg or arm is suspended and held in traction.
  • band of hope — a society promoting lifelong abstention from alcohol among young people: founded in Britain in 1847
  • bard of avon — Shakespeare
  • barking frog — a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
  • basification — the process of making something alkaline
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
  • be damned if — If someone says 'I'm damned if I'm going to do it' or 'I'll be damned if I'll do it', they are emphasizing that they do not intend to do something and think it is unreasonable for anyone to expect them to do it.
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
  • beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
  • ben franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
  • benefactress — a female benefactor
  • beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
  • beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
  • bid defiance — to resist boldly
  • bifunctional — having two functions
  • bioflavonoid — any of a group of biologically active flavone compounds that may help maintain the blood's capillary walls, reducing the likelihood of hemorrhaging: widely found in plants, esp. citrus fruits
  • bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
  • bladder fern — a small fern, Cystoperis fragilis, with graceful lanceolate leaves, typically growing on limestone rocks and walls
  • blind flange — a disk for closing the end of a pipe, having holes for bolting it to a flange.
  • bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
  • bluesnarfing — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to steal contact details, ring tones, images, etc from another
  • bog of allen — a region of peat bogs in central Ireland, west of Dublin. Area: over 10 sq km (3.75 sq miles)
  • boniface iii — pope a.d. 607.
  • boniface vii — antipope a.d. 974, 984–985.
  • bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
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