16-letter words containing f, i, n

multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
non-inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
on the safe side — as a precaution
on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
out of condition — If someone is out of condition, they are unhealthy and unfit, because they do not do enough exercise.
out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
ovals of cassini — the locus of a point x, whose distance from two fixed points, a and b, is such that |x–a| |x–b| is a constant
ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
paraprofessional — a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.
partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".

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