8-letter words containing i, f, n, e
- infotech — Information technology.
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- infringe — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- infusive — capable of infusing; inspiring.
- ingulfed — Simple past tense and past participle of ingulf.
- jennifer — a female given name, form of Guinevere.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- liefling — (South Africa) One held as lief or dear; a darling.
- life net — a strong net or the like held by firefighters or others to catch persons jumping from a burning building.
- lifeline — a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- lifeness — (rare, philosophy) The state or quality of having a life.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- lintfree — Free of lint.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- minified — Simple past tense and past participle of minify.
- minifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of minify.
- misfeign — to feign with evil intention
- misinfer — to infer wrongly
- nailfile — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
- needfire — spontaneous combustion.
- new life — fresh start, reinvented existence
- nieveful — a fistful, the quantity that may be contained in a closed fist
- niflheim — a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age.
- ninefold — nine times as great or as much.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- notified — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- notifier — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- notifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of notify.
- nuffield — William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield. 1877–1963, English motorcar manufacturer and philanthropist. He endowed Nuffield College at Oxford (1937) and the Nuffield Foundation (1943), a charitable trust for the furtherance of medicine and education
- nyet.gif — (security) A file that crackers from Russia tied to upload to many web sites in 2014 to test whether the victim's web server software was configured to accepted HTTP PUT requests.
- off-line — Computers. operating independently of, or disconnected from, an associated computer.
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- olefinic — Characteristic of, or containing olefins.
- overfine — too fine
- penfield — Wilder. 1891–1976, Canadian scientist, neurosurgeon, and writer born in the US; he developed a surgical treatment for epilepsy
- penknife — a small pocketknife, formerly one used for making and sharpening quill pens.
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- pig fern — giant bracken
- pin feed — sprocket feed
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.