13-letter words containing f, i, a, u, n, t
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalize — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- immunifacient — causing immunity
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- influentially — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- inquire after — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- liquification — Alternative form of liquefaction.
- long fin tuna — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- mixing faucet — a single outlet for water from separately controlled hot-water and cold-water taps.
- multifilament — having two or more filaments: multifilament yarn.
- mummification — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
- mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
- nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
- out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.