14-letter words containing i, n, f, t, u
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- 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.
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- lady bountiful — a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- minus infinity — The most negative value, not necessarily or even usually the simple negation of plus infinity. In N bit twos-complement arithmetic, infinity is 2^(N-1) - 1 but minus infinity is -(2^(N-1)), not -(2^(N-1) - 1).
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nitrofurantoin — an antimicrobial substance, C 8 H 6 N 4 O 5 , used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.
- nonfunctioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- noninfluential — Not influential.
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
- parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quizzification — mockery
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- route flapping — flapping router
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.