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12-letter words containing i, n, f, a, d

  • infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
  • infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
  • isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
  • 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).
  • latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
  • left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
  • life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • make friends — get to know people
  • manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
  • minimifidian — Having a minimal amount of faith.
  • misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
  • neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
  • newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
  • nidification — to build a nest.
  • nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
  • range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
  • rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
  • rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • refoundation — an act of refounding
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • stand in for — to substitute for
  • stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
  • subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
  • sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
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