12-letter words containing i, n, f, l, c
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- nonfictional — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- nonfinancial — pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- noninfluence — a lack of influence, failure to influence
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- salification — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-finance — 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.
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- spiflication — rough treatment
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- unartificial — not showing art or skill; not skilled or artistic
- unbeneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- uninfluenced — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- yogic flying — a phenomenon of Transcendental Meditation in which the meditator jumps into the air while in the lotus position
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.