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12-letter words containing f, l, a

  • inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
  • influentials — Plural form of influential.
  • infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
  • informercial — infomercial.
  • informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
  • infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.
  • infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
  • infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
  • insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
  • insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
  • insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
  • interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
  • interfemoral — situated between the thighs
  • interfoliate — to interleave
  • interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
  • interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
  • iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
  • irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
  • irreformably — in an irreformable manner
  • irrefragable — not to be disputed or contested.
  • irrefragably — In an irrefragable state or condition.
  • isapi filter — (web)   A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
  • isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
  • jawless fish — cyclostome.
  • jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
  • joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
  • kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
  • labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
  • lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
  • laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
  • lamella roof — a vaulted roof composed of lamellae.
  • 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.
  • landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
  • lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
  • large-format — of or relating to a camera with an image area of 5 inches by 4 inches or more
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
  • law of areas — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • law of moses — the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
  • 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.
  • leaf lettuce — a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.
  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • leaf tobacco — tobacco in leaf form
  • leaf warbler — any of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees.
  • leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
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