10-letter words containing r, a, i, f
- infraorder — A taxonomic category that ranks below a suborder.
- infraposed — placed beneath
- infrarenal — Located below the kidney.
- infrasonic — noting or pertaining to a sound wave with a frequency below the audio-frequency range.
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- infuriated — to make furious; enrage.
- infuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infuriate.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- infusorian — any of the Infusoria.
- ingrafting — Present participle of ingraft.
- ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
- insofar as — to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.
- interfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interface.
- interfaces — Plural form of interface.
- interfaith — of, operating, or occurring between persons belonging to different religions: an interfaith service.
- interframe — (signal processing) A video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
- intergraft — (of two plants or parts of a plant) to unite by grafting
- intrafaith — Taking place within or relevant to a single faith community.
- intraframe — (signal processing) A video frame which does not depend on any other frame for rendering, but simply presents fixed image. Usually subject to spatial compression.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- j-bar lift — a ski lift having a J -shaped bar against which a skier leans in an upright position while being pulled up the slope.
- jail fever — a former name for typhus, once a common disease in jails
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- kaffrarian — a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- koobi fora — an archaeological locality on the northeastern side of Lake Rudolf, in northern Kenya, yielding important early hominid fossils and some of the oldest hominid areas with stone tools, bone food waste, and possible evidence of fire use, dating from one to two million years ago.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lageniform — shaped like a flask; having an enlarged base tapering to a narrow neck.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- leaf miner — any of the larvae of any of numerous insects, as moths of the family Gracilariidae, that live in and feed on the parenchyma of leaves.
- left brain — the left hemisphere of the human brain, which is believed to control linear and analytical thinking, decision-making, and language
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- life-saver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- lifesavers — Plural form of lifesaver.
- lifestream — a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single website: I just added Twitter to my lifestream.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- magnifiers — Plural form of magnifier.
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainframes — Plural form of mainframe.
- malleiform — having the shape of a hammer
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- manfredini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1684–1748, Italian composer.
- manifester — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.