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15-letter words containing f, e, a, s, n

  • jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
  • jeffersonianism — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
  • justifiableness — Justifiability.
  • knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
  • land of promise — Promised Land.
  • latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
  • lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
  • lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
  • maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • menomonee falls — a city in SE Wisconsin, NW of Milwaukee.
  • mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • 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.
  • nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
  • 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.
  • nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
  • nonprofessorial — not professorial
  • 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
  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
  • overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
  • pac-man defense — a defensive tactic against a hostile takeover in which the targeted company makes its own bid to take over the hostile firm.
  • paraffin series — methane series
  • passenger ferry — a ferry that carries passengers
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
  • preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • preprofessional — of or relating to the time preceding one's concentrated study or practice of a profession: preprofessional training.
  • press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
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