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13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, f

  • mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
  • mollification — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  • monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
  • montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
  • morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
  • mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
  • multifilament — having two or more filaments: multifilament yarn.
  • mummification — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
  • mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
  • mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
  • mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
  • mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
  • nanofortnight — (jargon)   (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
  • narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
  • national flag — emblem of a country
  • nectariferous — producing nectar.
  • negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
  • nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
  • neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
  • nitrification — the act of nitrifying.
  • nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
  • non-inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • nonartificial — Not artificial.
  • nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
  • nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
  • nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
  • north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
  • notifications — Plural form of notification.
  • nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
  • off the chain — wildly entertaining
  • opacification — to cause to become opaque.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • orbitofrontal — Located in the frontal lobes above the orbits of the eyes.
  • ossifications — Plural form of ossification.
  • out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
  • overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
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