10-letter words containing a, s, i, n, f
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lifesaving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- manifested — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifester — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- meiofaunas — Plural form of meiofauna.
- mineshafts — Plural form of mineshaft.
- misfashion — To form or fashion wrongly.
- nanofossil — A nanosized fossil.
- neofascism — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neofascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- non-fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- nonfashion — Not directly related to fashion, or the fashion industry.
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- of fashion — of high social standing
- off-island — located or tending away from the shore of an island: an off-island current.
- piscifauna — all the fishes that live in a particular place, time or habitat
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rafsanjani — Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi, born 1935, president of Iran 1989–97.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sans serif — a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- sans-serif — a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.