12-letter words containing n, i, f, e
- ungentrified — not gentrified; not middle class
- unidentified — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- unifoliolate — compound in structure yet having only one leaflet, as the orange.
- uninfluenced — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- united front — a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members: They presented a united front against the enemy.
- unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
- unmercifully — merciless; relentless; severe; cruel; pitiless.
- unmodifiable — incapable of being modified
- unperfection — imperfection
- unperforming — not performing
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unquantified — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
- unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
- unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
- unreinforced — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- unscientific — not scientific; not employed in science: an unscientific measuring device.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- unsimplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- unsolidified — to unite firmly or consolidate.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- unsufficient — insufficient
- unterrifying — not terrifying or frightening
- unverifiable — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- venus figure — Venus (def 3).
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vicar forane — dean1 (def 2b).
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- weft-knitted — noting or pertaining to a fabric made by weft knitting.
- well-defined — sharply or clearly stated, outlined, described, etc.: a well-defined character; a well-defined boundary.
- well-fitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
- west african — of or relating to West Africa
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- white finger — a condition of a finger that results in a white appearance caused by a spasm of the blood vessels. It occurs with Raynaud's disease and with the long-term use of percussion tools
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- woman friend — a female friend
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.
- zip fastener — a zipper.