15-letter words containing f, a, i, n
- node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
- non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- non-falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
- noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
- noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
- nonprofessorial — not professorial
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- not a bit of it — You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.
- not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
- on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
- organic farming — farming with organic methods
- origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
- out of thin air — suddenly and unexpectedly
- out of training — become unfit
- oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
- pacific islands — a U.S. trust territory in the Pacific Ocean, comprising the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands: approved by the United Nations 1947; since 1976 constituents of the trusteeship have established or moved toward self-government. 717 sq. mi. (1857 sq. km).
- pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
- paraffin series — methane series
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
- personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pine leaf aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
- plain of sharon — a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.