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13-letter words containing n, a, f, t

  • mummification — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
  • mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
  • mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
  • mutt and jeff — a very short and a very tall person who are paired as companions, teammates, or associates.
  • mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
  • mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • national flag — emblem of a country
  • nectariferous — producing nectar.
  • negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
  • nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
  • neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
  • nitrification — the act of nitrifying.
  • nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
  • no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
  • non-inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • nonartificial — Not artificial.
  • noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
  • nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
  • nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
  • nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
  • not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
  • not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
  • notifications — Plural form of notification.
  • nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
  • of many parts — having many different abilities
  • off the chain — wildly entertaining
  • off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
  • on account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
  • opacification — to cause to become opaque.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • ossifications — Plural form of ossification.
  • out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
  • out of danger — no longer at risk
  • out of season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
  • overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
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