13-letter words containing f, e, n, a
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- nonaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
- nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondeferrable — Not deferrable.
- nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonrefillable — Not refillable; unable to be refilled.
- nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
- norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- off the chain — wildly entertaining
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- offhandedness — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- one of a kind — sb or sth unique
- one-of-a-kind — unique
- one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out of season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- pacific ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 feet (10,800 meters).
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.