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14-letter words containing i, n, f, e

  • identity theft — crime: pretending to be sb else
  • immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
  • in all my life — You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.
  • in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
  • in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
  • in fine fettle — If you say that someone or something is in fine fettle, you mean that they are in very good health or condition.
  • in full career — at full speed
  • in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  • in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
  • in single file — one behind another
  • in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
  • in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
  • in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
  • in/out of time — If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.
  • indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
  • indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
  • independent of — without the support of
  • indie landfill — a derogatory term for indie music considered to be mediocre
  • indifferences' — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • indifferentism — systematic indifference.
  • indifferentist — An advocate of indifferentism.
  • indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
  • ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inefficiencies — Plural form of inefficiency.
  • inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
  • infeasibleness — The quality of being infeasible.
  • infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
  • infectiousness — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • inference rule — (logic)   A procedure which combines known facts to produce ("infer") new facts. For example, given that 1. Socrates is a man and that 2. all men are motal, we can infer that Socrates is mortal. This uses the rule known as "modus ponens" which can be written in Boolean algebra as (A & A => B) => B (if proposition A is true, and A implies B, then B is true). Or given that, 1. Either Denis is programming or Denis is sad and 2. Denis is not sad, we can infer that Denis is programming. This rule can be written ((A OR B) & not B) => A (If either A is true or B is true (or both), and B is false, then A must be true). Compare syllogism.
  • inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
  • inferior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned below the receptacle of a flower, as in members of the iris family.
  • inferoanterior — below and in front.
  • infinitesimals — Plural form of infinitesimal.
  • inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
  • inflation rate — economy: price increase
  • inflectionless — Without inflection.
  • inflexibleness — The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
  • inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
  • infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
  • infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
  • inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
  • inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
  • insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
  • insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
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