12-letter words containing o, n, f, i, r
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informations — (legal) Plural form of information.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- inter-office — functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company: an interoffice memo.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interfoliate — to interleave
- interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irreflection — lack of careful or long consideration
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- line of fire — the straight horizontal line from the muzzle of a weapon in the direction of the axis of the bore, just prior to firing.
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- lofting iron — a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.
- 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)
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.
- 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.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misinforming — Present participle of misinform.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- 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.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.