12-letter words containing f, i, n, s
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gloss finish — a reflective or shiny surface, usually on a photograph but also sometimes on metal, paper, paint, etc
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- guilefulness — The quality of being guileful; cunning or deceit.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- 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.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in course of — in the process of
- in excess of — more than
- in sb's life — If you talk about the man or woman in someone's life, you mean the person they are having a relationship with, especially a sexual relationship.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in so far as — to the extent that
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefensible — not justifiable; inexcusable: indefensible behavior.
- indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
- indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- infant class — (in England and Wales) a class at infant school for young schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 7
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicities — Plural form of infelicity.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- infinite set — (mathematics) A set with an infinite number of elements. There are several possible definitions, e.g. (i) ("Dedekind infinite") A set X is infinite if there exists a bijection (one-to-one mapping) between X and some proper subset of X. (ii) A set X is infinite if there exists an injection from N (the set of natural numbers) to X. In the presence of the Axiom of Choice all such definitions are equivalent.
- infiniteness — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- 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.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.