Inferior

Definition: Inferior

Inferior

Adjective

1. Of or characteristic of low rank or importance.

2. Of low or inferior quality.

3. Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary".

4. (printing) written or printed below and to one side of another character.

5. (astronomy) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; "Mercury and Venus are inferior planets".

6. (anatomy) lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar artery".

7. Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing".

Noun

1. One of lesser rank or station or quality.

2. A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "inferior" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Inferior

Contraction

Be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to; (be inferior).

Imperfection

Secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse.

Inferiority

Verb: be inferior; Adjective: fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up to; want.

Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to.

Unimportance

Subordinate; (inferior); mediocre; (average); passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary; (habitual); inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable.

Crosswords: Inferior

Albanian (inferior), Latin (below, beneath, further down, inferior, last, lower, lowest, of hell, underneath, vile), Portuguese (bad, below, blanket, bottom, brutish, catchpenny, cheap, coarse, common, corny, currish, dependant, dependent, ground floor, hereinafter, inelaborate, inferior, less, lesser, low, mean, menial, minor, nether, poor, subordinate, trashy, under, undermost, unequal, wishy-washy), Romanian (base, below the mark, bottom, coarse, feeble, inferior, less, lesser, lower, mean, Nether, penny-a-line, second, subordinate, under), Spanish (base, below, bottom, inferior, less, lower, Nether, under-).

They're sheep, they're inferior. (Babe; writing credit: George Miller)

By definition alone, sequels are inferior films (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

I'm going to be an inferior decorator (7th Heaven; writing credit: Leslie Danon; Austin Reid)

Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them (Rope; writing credit: Patrick Hamilton; Hume Cronyn)

We thought you were inferior. (Planet of the Apes; writing credit: Pierre Boulle; Michael Wilson)

Others inferior (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

Are inferior to you. (National Brotherhood Week; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Inferior Decorator (1964)

That Inferior Feeling (1940)

The Inferior Sex (1920)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Importance of Feeling Inferior (reference)

• Inferior Courts, Superior Justice: A History of the Justices of the Peace on the Northwest Frontier, 1853-1889 (Contributions in Legal Studies) (reference)

• Inferior Lines (reference)

• No Temas El Mal: El Metodo Pathwork Para Transformar El Ser Inferior (reference)

• Phases of an Inferior Planet (The Collected Works of Ellen Glasgow - 24 Volumes) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Inferior Devoties [CD-SINGLE] [EP] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Mucous patches form during the breakdown of mucous membranes, seen here on the inferior surface of the tongue. During the secondary stage of syphilis, mucous patches can also develop inside the mouth, vulva, and vagina. Credit: CDC.

[Anesthesia for inferior molar]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Girls removing foreign matter and inferior peas. Pea canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Inferior grade potatoes brought for sale to a starch factory in Van Buren, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.

Land which has been cut over and burned over. After a fire the poplar seems to grow up; most of the land is covered with this scraggly growth of inferior timber. Near Nelma, Wisconsin, in Forest County. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Alterum vero contra naturam, ut inferior de superiori supplicium sumat. (Second Treatise of Government)

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. (reference)

The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Those soft blue eyes, and all those natural graces, should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connexions

She made him the sign of a superior dismissing an inferior.

The art, being inferior, does not present the forms I spoke of distinguished clearly one from another

Perhaps there is none but has cause for shame on account of the inferior and brutish nature to which he is allied

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This procedure is called inferior petrosal sinus sampling. (references)

Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) refers to a group of ataxias characterized by progressive neurological degeneration affecting the cerebellum, the pons and the inferior olives. (references)

Business

Russian nail care products are inferior to foreign-made ones in terms of quality and design. (references)

Government entities have been known to select inferior companies based mainly on price considerations. (references)

Vocational schools, and their students, have generally been seen as inferior to general colleges and universities. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

HRW reported that Arab schools are segregated from Jewish schools, that the Education Ministry allocates less money per Israeli Arab student than per Jewish student, and that Arab children overall receive an inferior education to that of Jewish children. (references)

Economic History

Malta

There also are inferior courts presided over by a magistrate. (references)

Austria

Thus, focusing too much on price competitiveness could be read as an admission of inferior quality and actually hurt sales. (references)

Indigenous People

Congo

They usually are considered socially inferior and had little political voice. (references)

Cameroon

While no legal discrimination exists, other groups often treat Pygmies as inferior and sometimes subject them to unfair and exploitative labor practices. (references)

Australia

However, in practice indigenous Australians continue to experience significantly higher rates of imprisonment, inferior access to medical and educational institutions, greatly reduced life expectancy rates, elevated levels of unemployment, and general discrimination, which contribute to a feeling of powerlessness. (references)

Minorities

Bahrain

Educational, social, and municipal services in most Shi'a neighborhoods, particularly in rural villages, are inferior to those found in Sunni urban communities. (references)

Bulgaria

Many Roma and other observers made credible allegations that the quality of education offered to Romani children is inferior to that afforded to most other students. (references)

Slovak Republic

According to the Office for Protection of Legal Rights (KPO), Roma often are segregated in hospitals, particularly in maternity wards, and some say Roma receive inferior care. (references)

Political Economy

CHINA

The inferior quality of fake and unauthorized products poses serious health and safety risks to consumers. (references)

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia's pre-shipment inspection regime, known as the International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP), is claimed to protect Saudi Arabian consumers from inferior foreign products. (references)

Political Rights

Australia

The deleterious effects of poor educational achievement and a generally inferior socioeconomic status have contributed significantly to the underrepresentation of Aboriginals among political leadership. (references)

Women

Central African Republic

Women are treated as inferior to men both economically and socially. (references)

Morocco

Girls are much less likely to be sent to school than are boys, especially in rural areas, where the quality of schooling is inferior to urban areas and demands on girls' time for household chores often prevent school attendance. (references)

Niger

Women's inferior legal status was evident, for example, in head of household status: A male head of household has certain legal rights, but divorced or widowed women, even with children, are not considered to be heads of households. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

As long as unemployment remains high, workers often agree to inferior working conditions and lower pay in order to find or keep their jobs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "inferior": arteria alveolaris inferior ♦ arteria labialis inferior ♦ be inferior ♦ be inferior to smb. ♦ colliculis inferior ♦ commissura inferior ♦ commissura inferior Guddeni ♦ deficient inferior substandard ♦ hemiplegia alternans inferior sive facialis ♦ inferior alveolar artery ♦ inferior alveolar nerve ♦ inferior cerebellar artery ♦ inferior cerebral vein ♦ inferior conjunction ♦ inferior court ♦ inferior epigastric vein ♦ Inferior figure ♦ inferior goods ♦ inferior labial artery ♦ inferior labial vein ♦ inferior letter ♦ inferior mesenteric artery ♦ inferior mirage ♦ inferior ophthalmic vein ♦ inferior parietal lobe ♦ inferior planet ♦ inferior pulmonary vein ♦ inferior purlin ♦ inferior quadrigeminal body ♦ inferior rectus ♦ inferior rectus muscle ♦ inferior thalamostriate vein ♦ inferior thyroid vein ♦ Inferior tide ♦ inferior transit ♦ inferior vena cava ♦ inferior vocal cord ♦ inferior vocal fold ♦ make feel inferior ♦ middle part of inferior parietal lobule ♦ no way inferior ♦ rectus inferior ♦ serratus posterior inferior ♦ vena epigastrica inferior ♦ vena labialis inferior ♦ vena pulmanalis inferior ♦ venae cerebrum inferior. Additional references.

Beginning with "inferior": inferior-feeling, inferior-quality, inferior-tasting.

Ending with "inferior": pressure-inferior, superior-inferior.

Albanian

inferior, i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy), më i ulët (lower, undermost), depror (subaltern). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرؤوس (subject, subordinate, underlying), ‏قليل القيمة, ‏وضيع (contemptible, cowardly, grubby, humble, low, low-grade, lowly, mean, menial, scabby, scaly, scruffy, scurvy, slavish, slight, snide, vile), ‏حقير (abject, base, beggarly, blackguardly, cheap, despicable, dingy, dirty, frowzy, grubby, ignoble, insignificant, lousy, low, low down, lowly, mean, menial, niggling, paltry, pettifogger, petty, pip squeak, pitiable, pitiful, poor, popinjay, rotten, scabby, scaly, scoundrelly, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, servile, shabby, shoddy, slavish, slim, slushy, small minded, snide, sod, squalid, swine, tacky, trifling, ungracious, unworthy, varmint, vile, villainous, worthless, wretched), ‏غير بارع (amateurish, artless, bungling, clumsy, inapt, profane, unskilful, unskilled, unworkmanlike), ‏حرف سفلي, ‏المرؤوس (subject, subordinate), ‏أدنى منزلة, ‏ثانوي (bye, insignificant, marginal, minor, petty, secondary, side, sub, unimportant), ‏ردئ (bad, base, bastard, bum, coarse, common, doggie, evil, fearful, fiendish, foul, ill, nice, paltry, poor, poorness, putrid, second rate, slim, sour, tacky, tinpot, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, watery), ‏دوني, ‏دون (below, beneath, mark, mark down, nick, notch, note, put down, record, set down, stick down, take down, take notes, tally, transcribe, under, write, write down, write out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разположен долу, нисш (low, lower, under), младши (junior, minor, puisne), лош (bad, chronic, cobbler, evil, fie-fie, foul, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-conditioned, loose, lousy, malefic, maleficent, malign, mean, miscreant, miserable, nasty, naughty, poor, rough, rugged, severe, shoddy, sinister, sorry, thumping, ugly, vicious, wicked, wrong), посредствен (indifferent, mean, mediocre, middling, moderate, ordinary, potty, run of the mill, second rate, tame, tatty, undistinguished), по-низш по способности човек, подчинено лице, подчинен (ancillary, dependant, dependent, sidekick, sub, sub-, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal), долнокачествен (crummy, cut rate, gross, hedge, leaden, low-grade, pinchbeck, ropy, scrubby, sleazy, slim, third class, tinpot, trashy), долен (abject, base, bottom, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, iniquitous, low, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous). (various references)

Chinese 

劣勢 (disadvantaged), 劣 , 亞 (Asia, Asian, at, in, next to, second), 低等 , 弱 (feeble, weak, young), 卑 (base, humble, low, vulgar), 下等. (various references)

Czech

podřízený (junior, low, subordinate, underling), podřadný (complex, crummy, subordinate), nižší (junior, minor, under), horší (worse), špatný (bad, black, defective, evil, faulty, ill, improper, low, poor, weak, wicked, worthless, wrong). (various references)

Danish

ikke-dominante hemisfaere (inferior hemisphere), cornu inferius cartilaginis thyreoideae (inferior horn, inferior horn of thyroid cartilage), fodrem (inferior purlin, wall plate), ductus nasolacrimalis (connecting the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose, for the drainage of tears, nasolacrimal duct 2)a membranous tube within the bony nasolacrimal canal), distale radioulnarisled (inferior radio-ulnar joint), discus articularis (articular disk of inferior radio-ulnar joint, articular disk of mandibular joint, articular disk of sternoclavicular joint), diameter recta (inferior conjugate, sagittal diameter), daarlig kvalitet (bad quality, inferior quality, poor quality), crus laterale (inferior crus, inferior crus of superficial inguinal ring), anterobasale segment (anterior basal segment of inferior lobe of the right(left)lung), cornu inferius hiatus sapheni (inferior horn, inferior horn of saphenous opening), hemiplegia alternans inferior (hemiplegia alternans inferior sive facialis), cornu inferius (inferior horn, inferior horn of thyroid cartilage), conus inferior (inferior cone), commissura arcuata (arcuate commissure, commissura inferior, commissura inferior Guddeni), colliculus inferior (colliculis inferior, inferior quadrigeminal body), canalis mandibulae (inferior dental canal, mandibular canal), brachium colliculi inferioris (brachium of the mid-brain, inferior brachium of the mid-brain), biskjoldbruskkirtlerne (inferior et superior parathyroid gland, parathyroid gland), arteria tympanica inferior (inferior tympanic artery), corpus quadrigeminus (colliculis inferior, inferior quadrigeminal body), nucleus olivae (inferior olivary nucleus), underordnede hemisfaere (inferior hemisphere), udskudsvare (inferior product, low grade product), taaregang (connecting the lacrimal sac to the inferior meatus of the nose, for the drainage of tears, nasolacrimal duct 2)a membranous tube within the bony nasolacrimal canal), ringe kvalitet (bad quality, inferior quality, poor quality), rem (bearer, inferior purlin, rem, strap, wall plate), radices viscerales venae cavae inferioris (visceral roots of the inferior vena cava), radices parietales venae cavae inferioris (parietal roots of the inferior vena cava), fovea inferior (fovea inferior), parotislogens nedre pol (inferior part of the parotid space), glandulae parathyreoideae (inferior et superior parathyroid gland, parathyroid gland), nedre luftspejling (inferior mirage), nedre kulmination (inferior transit), musculus rectus inferior (deprimens oculi, inferior rectus muscle), musculus cricopharyngeus (cricopharyngeal part of inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx), murrem (inferior purlin, wall plate), ligamentum talofibulare anterius resp.posterius (anterior and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament), lateral-ventriklens underhorn (inferior horn, inferior horn of lateral ventricle), vermis inferior-syndrom (inferior vermis syndrome), posterobasale segment (posterior basal segment of inferior lobe of the right(left)lung). (various references)

Dutch

minderwaardig. (various references)

Esperanto

malsupera, malbonkvalita, malaltvalora. (various references)

Farsi 

فرعی (Accessory, Adjunct, Ancillary, By, Bye, Derivative, Extraneous, Petty, Secondary, Sideway, Subordinate, Subsidiary, Tributary), پست (Abacinate, Abject, Cheap, Common, Currish, Despicable, Earthborn, Humble, Infamous, Lily, Little, Mail, Menial, Peevish, Poor, Runty, Ungenerous, Venal, Vile, Villain, Villainous, Vulgar, Wretch, Wretched), پاءین رتبه (Minor), نامرغوب (Poor, Raunchy), درجه دوم (By). (various references)

Finnish

huonompi (worse), huonolaatuinen (of poor quality), alempi (lower, subordinate, under), alamittainen (below standard, under size), ala-arvoinen (not up to the standard). (various references)

French

inférieur. (various references)

German

untergeordnet (dependant, dependent, junior, low, menial, petty, secondarily, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, subordinated, subsidiary), untere (bottom, lower, Nether, nethermost), untelegen, minderwertig (base, cheap, gimcrack, low, low class, low quality, poor, poor quality, scraggy, shoddy, substandard, unwholesome). (various references)

Greek 

κατώτεροσ (junior, puisne, substandard), κατώτερος (inferior to, subaltern), παρακατιανός (second rate), υποδεέστεροσ (subaltern), υποδεέστερος. (various references)

Hebrew 

ירו�" (low, poor, reduced), תחתון (lower), קלוקל (corrupt, defective, poor, rotten, spoilt), פחות ערך (lesser, negligible), פחות (depreciation, devaluation, diminution, least, less, meagre, mediocre, minus, reduction, scanty), �'רוע (bad, deficit, execrable, putrid, reduction, seamy, shortage, shortfall), רע (bad, evil, harm, maleficence, noxious, repugnant, trouble, unkind, wicked, wickedness, woe, wrong), � מוך ב�"ר�'�", � חות �"ר�' (lowly), � חות (coarse, degenerate, disadvantaged, low, second rate, subordinate, tinpot). (various references)

Hungarian

alárendelt (ancillary, attached, dependant, dependent, junior, minor, sub, subaltern, subordinate, subordinated, subservient, tributary, underling). (various references)

Indonesian

rendah mutunya (second rate), bangpak (unreliable). (various references)

Italian

inferiore (below, bottom, down, junior, lesser, low, lower, lowly, Nether, subordinate, under, underneath), subordinato (dependant, dependent, secondary, subaltern, subject, subordinate, under), subalterno (petty, subaltern, subordinate, underling, understrapper), scadente (bad, common, poor, ropy, rubbishy, sad, second rate, shoddy, substandard), minore (junior, less, lesser, lower, lowest, minor, petty, shorter, smaller, smallest, younger, youngest), di valore scadente (cheap, substandard). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

粗悪 (coarse, crude), 劣性 (recessive), 悪い (abominable, bad, detestable, difficult, hard, hateful, poor-looking). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そあく (coarse, crude), にのまち (second-rate), にりゅう (second-rate), かはい (additional ration, low-class person), かとう (base, excessive, exorbitant, flexible, fructose, fruit sugar, light case of smallpox, low grade, lower class, sweetened, sweetening, vulgar), れっせい (numerical inferiority, recessive), めした (junior, subordinate), わるい (bad), �'はい (low-class person). (various references)

Korean 

열악한. (various references)

Manx

ny s'inshley, neuchosanagh, neuchosan, fo-ghooinney. (various references)

Norwegian

underordnet, mindreverdig, lavere (lower), dårligere. (various references)

Pig Latin

inferioray.(various references)

Portuguese

subordinado (accessorial, ancillary, attendant, dependant, dependence, dependency, dependent, secondary, servitor, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, under, valent), subalterno (dependant, dependent, menial, puisne, secondary, subaltern, subordinate), inferior (bad, below, blanket, bottom, brutish, catchpenny, cheap, coarse, common, corny, currish, dependant, dependent, ground floor, hereinafter, inelaborate, less, lesser, low, mean, menial, minor, nether, poor, subordinate, trashy, under, undermost, unequal, wishy-washy). (various references)

Romanian

inferior (base, below the mark, bottom, coarse, feeble, less, lesser, lower, mean, Nether, penny-a-line, second, subordinate, under), subordonat (adjective, adjunct, ancillary, dependent, junior, paternalized, subordinate, under), situat mai jos. (various references)

Russian 

низший;худший, низший (lower, under, undermost), нижележащий, подстрочный, подчиненный (dependant, dependent, junior, offspring, parent-offspring, servient, subaltern, subdued, subject, subordinate, subservient, under). (various references)

Scottish

ìochdaran (a subject, an inferior, underling). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

inferioran (doggy), niži (lower, minor), neravnopravan (unequal), gori od. (various references)

Spanish

inferior (base, below, bottom, less, lower, Nether, under-). (various references)

Swedish

underlägsen (second), mindervärdig. (various references)

Turkish

kalitesiz (cheap, cheap and nasty, cheap jack, coarse, hand-me-down, of poor quality, offgrade, ornery, punk, ropy, shoddy, sleazy, third class, third rate), değersiz (cheap, despicable, footling, insignificant, jerkwater, measly, milk and water, no-account, nonvalent, non-valent, nugatory, of no worth, paltry, pitiable, punk, rubbishy, shoddy, tinpot, trashy, trivial, trumpery, two bit, valueless, vile, worthless), bayağı (banal, camp, cheap, coarse, coarse grained, common, common as dirt, commonplace, corrupt, dastardly, debased, goodish, lewd, little, low camp, low class, no class, ordinary, plebeian, pretty, prosaic, quite, rather, run-off-the-mill, shoddy, tawdry, tolerably, vulgar), ast olan kimse, ast (bye, junior, sub-, subaltern, subordinate, underling, understrapper), alt (base, bottom, buttom, infra, infra-, lower, lower part, Nether, sub-, subordinate, under, underneath, underside), aşağı derecede olan şey, aşağı derecede, aşağı (below, down, hedge, hypo-, infra, infra-, lower, lowly, minus, on the right side of, sub-). (various references)

Ukrainian

гірший (worse), нижчий (lower), підлеглий (adjective, ancillary, dependant, dependent, junior, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, under), поганий (bad, bum, cheesy, deplorable, doggerel, ill, nasty, naught, naughty, objectionable, one horse, punk, rubbishy, shady, sour, third rate, unlovely, weak). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người cấp dưới vật loại kém, kém; thấp kém, dưới thấp hơn. (various references)

Welsh

israddol, isradd, is (below, beneath, lower, sub-, under, under-, vice-). (various references)

improbus, inferior. (various references)

apara. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "inferior": inferiorities, inferiority, inferiorly, inferiors. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Inferior" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iinferior, Inferiori, infermiere. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ironer.

-3 letters: finer, firer, frier, frore, infer, irone, rifer.

-4 letters: fern, fine, fino, fire, firn, foin, fore, froe, info, inro, iron, neif, noir, nori, reif, rein, rife.

-5 letters: eon, ern, err, fen, fer, fie, fin, fir, foe, fon, for, fro, ion, ire, nor, one, ore, ref, rei, rif, rin, roe.

+1 letter: inferiors.

+2 letters: inferiorly.

+3 letters: coinferring, foraminifer, fourdrinier, inferiority, neurofibril, personifier, reinforcing, reinforming, retrofiring.

+4 letters: ferrosilicon, fireproofing, foraminifera, foraminifers, fourdriniers, neurofibrils, personifiers, profiteering, reconfirming, refortifying, retrofitting.

+5 letters: antiforeigner, counterfiring, ferrosilicons, foraminiferal, foraminiferan, foreordaining, inferiorities, overinforming, prefiguration, proliferating, proliferation, reaffirmation, reconfiguring, refrigeration.