14-letter words containing c, i, e, n, f
- fuel injection — the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.
- fuel-efficient — producing power, heat, etc., at a rate considered optimal with regard to the amount of fuel consumed.
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- in full career — at full speed
- in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- inefficiencies — Plural form of inefficiency.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- inference rule — (logic) A procedure which combines known facts to produce ("infer") new facts. For example, given that 1. Socrates is a man and that 2. all men are motal, we can infer that Socrates is mortal. This uses the rule known as "modus ponens" which can be written in Boolean algebra as (A & A => B) => B (if proposition A is true, and A implies B, then B is true). Or given that, 1. Either Denis is programming or Denis is sad and 2. Denis is not sad, we can infer that Denis is programming. This rule can be written ((A OR B) & not B) => A (If either A is true or B is true (or both), and B is false, then A must be true). Compare syllogism.
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- inflectionless — Without inflection.
- inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- jack-in-office — a self-important petty official
- jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
- jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.