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14-letter words containing f, a, n, o, l

  • conformational — manner of formation; structure; form, as of a physical entity.
  • contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
  • contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
  • corneal reflex — Physiology. the closing of the eyelids induced by touching the cornea lightly.
  • cotton flannel — a plain-weave or twill-weave fabric with nap on one side only
  • council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
  • counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
  • daffadowndilly — a daffodil
  • default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
  • deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
  • delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
  • dinoflagellate — any of numerous chiefly marine plankton of the phylum Pyrrophyta (or, in some classification schemes, the order Dinoflagellata), usually having two flagella, one in a groove around the body and the other extending from its center.
  • disaffiliation — The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • faculty lounge — a staffroom
  • faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
  • fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
  • falling action — the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
  • fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
  • false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
  • false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
  • fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
  • fault tolerant — fault tolerance
  • fault-tolerant — designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction
  • favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
  • fd and c color — any of the synthetic pigments and dyes that are approved by the FDA for use in foods, drugs, and cosmetics.
  • federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
  • federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
  • feel one's way — to move or advance cautiously, by or as if by groping
  • fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
  • fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
  • fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
  • fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
  • final solution — the Nazi program of annihilating the Jews of Europe during the Third Reich.
  • finlandization — the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
  • fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
  • flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • flannel flower — any Australian plant of the umbelliferous genus Actinotus having white flannel-like bracts beneath the flowers
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