14-letter words containing a, t, n, s, o, f
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- it's not as if — You use 'It's not as if' to introduce a statement which, if it were true, might explain something puzzling, although in fact it is not true.
- john atanasoff — John Vincent Atanasoff
- justifications — Plural form of justification.
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- king of beasts — the lion.
- law of nations — international law.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
- metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonsignificant — (sciences) Lacking statistical significance.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.