12-letter words containing o, f, a, l, i
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- inflammasome — (biochemistry) A multi-protein complex that is responsible for inflammatory rheumatic diseases via activation of caspases.
- inflammation — Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inflationism — the policy or practice of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflationist — an advocate of inflation through expansion of currency or bank deposits.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interfoliate — to interleave
- interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irreformable — insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jaws of life — powerful shears used for cutting a vehicle open after a collision
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- 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.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- 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.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- let floating — (programming) A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- 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)
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macrofossils — Plural form of macrofossil.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- nannofossils — Plural form of nannofossil.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.