15-letter words containing f, e, i, n, t
- legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
- linear function — linear transformation.
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- make mention of — allude to
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- meissner effect — the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.
- member function — A method in C++.
- metainformation — metadata
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mistrustfulness — Quality of being mistrustful.
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- mortiferousness — deadliness
- mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- 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.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- noninfringement — an absence or lack of infringement, esp of a patent
- noninterference — the policy or practice of refraining from interference, especially in political affairs.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- norfolk terrier — one of an English breed of small short-legged hunting terriers having a straight, wiry, red, black and tan, or grizzle coat, and dropped ears that distinguish it from the Norwich terrier.
- not before time — If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.