18-letter words containing f, a, n, o, l, d
- old low franconian — a Low German dialect of the Franks of the lower Rhine valley before c1100.
- old man of the sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- one false move and — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
- peter and the wolf — a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936. It is a children's story with both music and text, spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra
- plane of incidence — a plane determined by a given ray, incident on a surface, and the normal at the point where the incident ray strikes the surface.
- play second fiddle — be considered less important
- primate of england — a title of the archbishop of Canterbury.
- put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
- reinforced plastic — plastic with fibrous matter, such as carbon fibre, embedded in it to confer additional strength
- school for scandal — a comedy of manners (1777) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- seafloor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
- self-contradiction — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
- self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
- self-determination — determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
- solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
- standard of living — a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living.
- standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
- sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
- telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
- wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
- woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust
- xenon hexafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 6 , that melts at 50°C to a yellow liquid, and boils at 75°C.