10-letter words containing i, f, n, e
- pen-friend — A pen-friend is someone you write friendly letters to and receive letters from, although the two of you may never have met.
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- perficient — someone who or something that accomplishes or completes a task, etc
- performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
- pianoforte — a piano.
- pine bluff — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- pine finch — pine siskin.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- plant life — vegetation, flora
- polyolefin — any of a group of thermoplastic, stiff, light, and hard polymers obtained from the polymerization of simple olefins like propylene, used for injection molding, mostly in the automotive and appliance industries.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- predefined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- preferring — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- presignify — to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
- princified — like a prince
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- proffering — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- quantified — Measured.
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quinquefid — cleft into five parts or lobes.
- quintefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.
- rained off — cancelled or postponed on account of rain
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- redefining — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- reef point — one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef
- refinement — fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- reflecting — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- refracting — undergoing or causing refraction
- refraction — Physics. the change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different.
- refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refringent — refracting; refractive.
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- refuse bin — a bin for the disposal of rubbish and waste
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- reidentify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.