14-letter words containing d, e, f, n
- misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
- mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- off one's feed — to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
- off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
- off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
- one's head off — loudly or excessively
- out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- over-confident — too confident.
- over-dignified — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- overconfidence — too confident.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- safe and sound — unharmed and well
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances