12-letter words containing nf
- enforcements — Plural form of enforcement.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- extended bnf — Extended Backus-Naur Form
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- inconfidence — (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- infant apnea — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- infant class — (in England and Wales) a class at infant school for young schoolchildren between the ages of 5 and 7
- infanticidal — the act of killing an infant.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- 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.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- infiltrating — Present participle of infiltrate.
- infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- 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.”.
- infix syntax — infix notation
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
- 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.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- 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.
- infotainment — edutainment.
- infraclasses — Plural form of infraclass.