12-letter words containing f, a, i, n, t
- giant fennel — a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- impatient of — not willing to bear or tolerate
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in bad faith — intending to deceive sb
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- inartificial — Not artificial; natural; simple; artless.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- ineffability — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- infant apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- infant class — (in England and Wales) a class at infant school for young schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 7
- infanticidal — the act of killing an infant.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
- infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- inflammation — Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflationist — an advocate of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.