9-letter words containing n, a, f, t
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- infanteer — a solider belonging to the infantry
- infantile — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- infantine — infantile.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infatuate — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- infectant — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- infestant — a parasite
- inflating — Present participle of inflate.
- 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).
- inflative — causing inflation; tending to inflate (something) or produce swelling
- informant — a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infractor — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infuriate — to make furious; enrage.
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- ingrafted — engraft.
- intefadeh — Alternative spelling of intifada.
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interleaf — an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- leftenant — Archaic form of lieutenant.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.
- matfellon — knapweed
- minecraft — a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- mooncraft — a lunar module
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nonfactor — Something which is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
- nontariff — Not a tariff.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- not a few — quite a lot
- offendant — An offender.
- officiant — a person who officiates at a religious service or ceremony.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- raffinate — the part of a liquid, especially an oil, remaining after its more soluble components have been extracted by a solvent.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.