11-letter words containing n, a, f, l
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- honorifical — honorific
- in place of — instead of, replacing
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- indefinable — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indian file — in single file.
- indian wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus pallipes, of Asia south of the Himalayas.
- ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- infantilism — the persistence in an adult of markedly childish anatomical, physiological, or psychological characteristics.
- infantilist — (sexuality) One who is subject to infantilism.
- infantility — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- infantilize — to keep in or reduce to an infantile state.
- infatigable — (obsolete) indefatigable.
- inferential — of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
- infibulated — Simple past tense and past participle of infibulate.
- infiltrated — Simple past tense and past participle of infiltrate.
- infiltrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infiltrate.
- infiltrator — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infinitival — of or relating to the infinitive.
- inflammable — capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
- inflammably — In an inflammable manner.
- inflammated — (nonstandard) Inflamed.
- inflatables — Plural form of inflatable.
- inflatingly — in an inflating manner; in a way such as to inflate
- inflectable — (linguistics) That can be inflected.
- influential — having or exerting influence, especially great influence: three influential educators.
- infomercial — a long commercial that informs or instructs, especially in an original and entertaining manner: an infomercial on making Christmas decorations using the sponsor's brand of glue.
- informality — the state of being informal; absence of formality.
- infracostal — (anatomy) Below the ribs.
- infrangible — that cannot be broken or separated; unbreakable: infrangible moral strength.
- infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- infundibula — Plural form of infundibulum.
- inlay graft — a graft in which the scion is matched into a place in the stock from which a piece of corresponding bark has been removed.
- insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
- insufflator — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfacial — included between two faces.
- interfamily — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- interleafed — Simple past tense and past participle of interleaf.
- intrafamily — Occurring within a family.
- intreatfull — full of entreaty
- isle of man — Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
- jargon file — (jargon, publication, humour) The on-line hacker Jargon File maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A large collection of definitions of computing terms, including much wit, wisdom, and history. See also Yellow Book, Jargon.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- la fontaine — Henri [French ahn-ree] /French ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
- la fresnaye — Roger de [raw-zhey duh] /rɔˈʒeɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1885–1925, French painter.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.