11-letter words containing f, a, i, n
- informatize — (of a country, region, etc) to undergo the development of an information-based economy on an extensive scale
- informatory — Providing or communicating information.
- infortunate — of or relating to infortune.
- infracostal — (anatomy) Below the ribs.
- infractions — Plural form of infraction.
- infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
- infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
- infraorders — Misspelling of infra-orders.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- infrasonics — the branch of science that deals with infrasonic phenomena.
- infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
- infundibula — Plural form of infundibulum.
- infuriating — Archaic. infuriated.
- infuriation — to make furious; enrage.
- infusorians — Plural form of infusorian.
- inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
- insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
- insufflator — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfacial — included between two faces.
- interfacing — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interfamily — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
- intrafamily — Occurring within a family.
- intrafusion — The act of pouring into a vessel.
- intreatfull — full of entreaty
- isle of man — Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
- jackknifing — Present participle of jackknife.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- jazz-fusion — jazz-rock.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- la fontaine — Henri [French ahn-ree] /French ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lactoflavin — riboflavin.
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- latifundium — a great estate.
- leaf insect — any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form.
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- life-saving — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeboatman — a sailor qualified to take charge of a lifeboat or life raft.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.