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12-letter words containing f, a, t, i, l

  • interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
  • interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
  • iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
  • isapi filter — (web)   A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
  • joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • lantern fish — 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.
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
  • left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
  • let floating — (programming)   A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
  • life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
  • life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
  • life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
  • lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
  • lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
  • liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
  • liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
  • little falls — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
  • malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
  • monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
  • mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
  • multifaceted — Having many facets.
  • multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
  • multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
  • multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
  • multifurcate — forked; branching.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
  • nonaffiliate — One who is not an affiliate.
  • nonfictional — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
  • oil platform — An oil platform is a structure that is used when getting oil from the ground under the sea.
  • old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
  • optical diff — vdiff
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
  • pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • plastic flow — deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.
  • plastic foam — expanded plastic.
  • play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
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