12-letter words containing t, e, f
- ineffectible — Ineffectual; impracticable.
- infant apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicities — Plural form of infelicity.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infinite set — (mathematics) A set with an infinite number of elements. There are several possible definitions, e.g. (i) ("Dedekind infinite") A set X is infinite if there exists a bijection (one-to-one mapping) between X and some proper subset of X. (ii) A set X is infinite if there exists an injection from N (the set of natural numbers) to X. In the presence of the Axiom of Choice all such definitions are equivalent.
- infiniteness — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- inflectional — of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- intensifiers — Plural form of intensifier.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- inter-office — functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company: an interoffice memo.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
- interfertile — able to interbreed.
- interfilling — a filling of materials, as brickwork between studs.
- interfluence — the action of flowing together or merging
- interfoliate — to interleave
- interfretted — interlaced
- interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.
- intertraffic — traffic between two or more places or people
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- irreflection — lack of careful or long consideration
- irreflective — Without mental reflection.
- isapi filter — (web) A replaceable DLL which the server calls whenever there is an HTTP request. When the filter is first loaded, it communicates to the server what sort of notifications will be accepted. After that, whenever a selected event occurs, the filter is called to process the event. Example applications of ISAPI filters include custom authentication schemes, compression, encryption, logging, traffic analysis or other request analyses.
- jeffersonite — (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene of olive-green color passing into brown. It contains zinc.
- jet aircraft — A jet aircraft is an aircraft that is powered by one or more jet engines.
- joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- 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.
- kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.