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14-letter words containing f, i, r, n

  • frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
  • frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
  • fructification — act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
  • getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
  • give free rein — to allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
  • horn of africa — north-east African region
  • hyper-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
  • hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
  • in full career — at full speed
  • in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • in sb's favour — If someone makes a judgment in your favour, they say that you are right about something.
  • in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
  • indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • indifferentism — systematic indifference.
  • indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
  • indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
  • inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
  • inference rule — (logic)   A procedure which combines known facts to produce ("infer") new facts. For example, given that 1. Socrates is a man and that 2. all men are motal, we can infer that Socrates is mortal. This uses the rule known as "modus ponens" which can be written in Boolean algebra as (A & A => B) => B (if proposition A is true, and A implies B, then B is true). Or given that, 1. Either Denis is programming or Denis is sad and 2. Denis is not sad, we can infer that Denis is programming. This rule can be written ((A OR B) & not B) => A (If either A is true or B is true (or both), and B is false, then A must be true). Compare syllogism.
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
  • inferoanterior — below and in front.
  • inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
  • inflation rate — economy: price increase
  • inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
  • infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
  • infralapsarian — a person who believes in infralapsarianism.
  • inframaxillary — (anatomy) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary.
  • infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
  • infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
  • injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
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