13-letter words containing n, i, f, t
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalize — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geoscientific — relating to geoscience
- ghost fishing — the continued trapping and killing of marine life by a discarded fishing net floating at sea
- giant pigfish — a wrass, Achoerodus gouldii, that occurs around the Great Barrier Reef
- gill filament — one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- immunifacient — causing immunity
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperforation — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- in despite of — in spite of
- in difficulty — If you are in difficulty or in difficulties, you are having a lot of problems.
- in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- in mid-flight — during a flight; whilst airborne
- in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- indifferently — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- ineffectively — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.