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15-letter words containing f, a, l, i, n, o

  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • nation of islam — an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States: members are known as Black Muslims.
  • national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
  • neat's-foot oil — a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
  • 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-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • nonconfidential — not confidential
  • 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 lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • 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.
  • oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • plain of sharon — a plain in W Israel, between the Mediterranean and the hills of Samaria, extending from Haifa to Tel Aviv
  • 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.
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • preprofessional — of or relating to the time preceding one's concentrated study or practice of a profession: preprofessional training.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
  • question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
  • read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
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