12-letter words containing n, s, f
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- intensifiers — Plural form of intensifier.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- 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.
- jeffersonite — (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
- jelly fungus — any of various fungi of the order Tremellales, distinguished by gelatinous basidiocarp.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kill oneself — to overexert oneself
- 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.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- 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).
- lend oneself — to give support, cooperation, etc
- life goes on — You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- life science — any science that deals with living organisms, their life processes, and their interrelationships, as biology, medicine, or ecology.
- lifelessness — The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation.
- lifelikeness — Quality of being lifelike.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lose oneself — to lose one's way; go astray; become bewildered
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- make friends — get to know people
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefeasance — Obsolete form of malfeasance.
- malfeasances — Plural form of malfeasance.