11-letter words containing f, i, n, d, a
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- ifs and ans — things that might have happened, but which did not
- in-stead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- indefinable — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indian file — in single file.
- indian wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus pallipes, of Asia south of the Himalayas.
- infant-hood — a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- infanticide — the act of killing an infant.
- infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
- infibulated — Simple past tense and past participle of infibulate.
- infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
- inflammated — (nonstandard) Inflamed.
- infomediary — An Internet company that gathers and links information on particular subjects on behalf of commercial organizations and their potential customers.
- infraorders — Misspelling of infra-orders.
- infrigidate — (obsolete) To chill; to make cold.
- infundibula — Plural form of infundibulum.
- insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
- interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- lady friend — female companion
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- land office — a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- latifundium — a great estate.
- lindisfarne — Holy Island (def 1).
- madefaction — the process of making wet
- main-de-fer — manifer.
- nullifidian — a person who has no faith or religion; skeptic.
- off-roading — driving on unmade terrain
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- paraffinoid — resembling a paraffin.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- rangefinder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- uncalcified — not calcified; not converted into lime
- unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.