12-letter words containing n, f, c
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knock it off — stop it
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- life science — any science that deals with living organisms, their life processes, and their interrelationships, as biology, medicine, or ecology.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- magnificence — the quality or state of being magnificent; splendor; grandeur; sublimity: the magnificence of snow-covered mountains; the magnificence of his achievements.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- minification — The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misinference — Incorrect inference.
- misreference — to reference (an academic work, a publication, etc) inaccurately or incorrectly
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
- nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- neglectfully — In a neglectful manner.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- nidification — to build a nest.
- night office — the office for matins.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-codified — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.