18-letter words containing i, a, f

marsilius of padua — c1280–1343? Italian scholar and political theorist.
medical profession — the body of people who work as doctors of medicine
medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
mendel's first law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
metamorphic facies — Geology. a group of metamorphic rock units characterized by particular mineralogic associations.
mexican fire-plant — a showy plant, Euphorbia heterophylla, of the spurge family, growing in the central U.S. to central South America, having red or mottled red and white bracts.
microsoft exchange — (messaging) Microsoft's messaging and enterprise collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an electronic mail message store but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data.
middle-of-the-road — favoring, following, or characterized by an intermediate position between two extremes, especially in politics; moderate.
minister of health — a person appointed to head the government department of health
misplaced modifier — Grammar. a word, phrase, or clause that seems to refer to or modify an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence, as when young in When young, circuses appeal to all of us.
morning-after pill — a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
mozilla foundation — (body, web, open source) The body set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development of the Mozilla browser and to provide a point of contact.
multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
myeloproliferative — (medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow).
negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
nike of samothrace — a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.
no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
non-identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
non-inertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
nonconfrontational — Tending to deal with situations calmly and diplomatically; not aggressive or hostile.
nonpreferentialism — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
not in a fit state — If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it.
not that i know of — You say 'Not that I know of' when someone has asked you whether or not something is true and you think the answer is 'no' but you cannot be sure because you do not know all the facts.
notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
nursery facilities — places where young children are looked after
oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
of your own making — If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
off-street parking — spaces for cars located on private property rather than on a public street
offensive material — any published or broadcast content (such as articles, photographs, films, or websites) that is likely to be upsetting, insulting, or objectionable to some or most people
office of readings — the first of the canonical hours; matins
officer of the day — an officer who has charge of the guard and prisoners on an assigned day at a military installation. Abbreviation: OD, O.D., O.O.D.
official solicitor — an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature with special responsibilities for protecting the interests of persons under disability
offset lithography — offset (def 6).
oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
old low franconian — a Low German dialect of the Franks of the lower Rhine valley before c1100.
omega-3 fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid, essential for normal retinal function, that influences various metabolic pathways, resulting in lowered cholesterol and triglyceride levels, inhibited platelet clotting, and reduced inflammatory and immune reactions.
once in a lifetime — extremely rarely
operating software — software used in the operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
order of australia — an order awarded to Australians for outstanding achievement or for service to Australia or to humanity at large; established in 1975
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
osteitis deformans — Paget's disease.
out of circulation — If someone is out of circulation, they do not appear in public or at social gatherings for a period of time. You can also say that someone is out of circulation when they are in prison.
overdraft facility — a facility (of a bank or building-society cheque account) that allows a withdrawal of money in excess of the account's credit balance
overdraft interest — interest charged on money withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
pair of spectacles — a score of 0 in each innings of a match

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