10-letter words containing n, f
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- infusorian — any of the Infusoria.
- infusorium — (biology) An individual of the infusoria.
- ingrafting — Present participle of ingraft.
- ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
- inner self — a person's true or internal mind, soul, or nature
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- insightful — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insofar as — to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.
- instead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- insufflate — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interface.
- interfaces — Plural form of interface.
- interfaith — of, operating, or occurring between persons belonging to different religions: an interfaith service.
- interfered — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- interferer — A person who, or thing that, interferes.
- interferes — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- interferon — Biochemistry. any of various proteins, produced by virus-infected cells, that inhibit reproduction of the invading virus and induce resistance to further infection.
- interfibre — occurring or situated between two or more fibres
- interfiled — Simple past tense and past participle of interfile.
- interfluve — the land area separating adjacent stream valleys.
- interframe — (signal processing) A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
- interfused — Simple past tense and past participle of interfuse.
- intergraft — (of two plants or parts of a plant) to unite by grafting
- intrafaith — Taking place within or relevant to a single faith community.
- intraframe — (signal processing) A video frame which does not depend on any other frame for rendering, but simply presents fixed image. Usually subject to spatial compression.
- irefulness — The state of being ireful; anger; fury.
- ironfisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- isoflavone — a phytoestrogen produced chiefly by plants of the legume family, especially soybeans, potentially useful in lowering cholesterol and in treating some cancers and menopausal symptoms.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- java finch — a finchlike weaverbird, Padda oryzivora, of southeastern Asia, having gray plumage tinged with pink on the belly, often kept as a cage bird.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jellifying — Present participle of jellify.
- john firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
- john fitch — John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- jollifying — Present participle of jollify.
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- justifying — Present participle of justify.
- kaffrarian — a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- kefallinia — Cephalonia
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- kingfishes — Plural form of kingfish.
- kiteflying — an act or instance of flying a kite.