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12-letter words containing f, i, o, n

  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
  • knock it off — stop it
  • korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
  • laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
  • law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
  • 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 goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
  • lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
  • line of fire — the straight horizontal line from the muzzle of a weapon in the direction of the axis of the bore, just prior to firing.
  • line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
  • line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
  • liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
  • living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
  • loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
  • lofting iron — a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.
  • loosefitting — fitting loosely
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
  • 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.
  • manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
  • metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
  • metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
  • microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
  • microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
  • mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
  • minification — The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
  • misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
  • misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
  • misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • misinforming — Present participle of misinform.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • mollifyingly — So as to mollify.
  • momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
  • monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
  • monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
  • monospecific — having or comprising a single species
  • mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
  • mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • nannofossils — Plural form of nannofossil.
  • narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
  • nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
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