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12-letter words containing n, o, f, a, i, r

  • jeffersonian — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
  • laminar flow — the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • 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)
  • malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
  • microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
  • misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
  • neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
  • neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
  • neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
  • nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
  • north africa — 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.
  • north-facing — facing towards the north
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
  • organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
  • pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
  • perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
  • pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • preformation — previous formation.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
  • proofreading — correction of text
  • purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
  • rainbow roof — a gable roof in the form of a broad Gothic arch, with gently sloping convex surfaces.
  • ramification — the act or process of ramifying.
  • ratification — the act of ratifying; confirmation; sanction.
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