12-letter words containing l, a, f, o, n
- half a dozen — six
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- in behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infiltration — the act or process of infiltrating.
- infiltrators — Plural form of infiltrator.
- 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.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraorbital — (anatomy) Below the orbit (of the eye).
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfemoral — situated between the thighs
- interfoliate — to interleave
- interfrontal — situated between the frontal bones
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- joint family — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- 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.
- law of sines — a law stating that the ratio of a side of a plane triangle to the sine of the opposite angle is the same for all three sides.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- let floating — (programming) A program transformation used in functional programming to implement full laziness. E.g. the function f x = x + sqrt 4 can be expressed as f x = let t = sqrt 4 in x + t but note that t does not depend on the argument x so we can automatically transform this to t = sqrt 4 f x = x + t Making t into a global constant which need only be evaluated at most once, rather than every time f is called. The general idea is to float each subexpression as far out (toward the top level) as possible to maximise sharing.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- 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)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malformation — faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body: malformation of the teeth.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- nannofossils — Plural form of nannofossil.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.