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14-letter words containing f, e, n, c, o

  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • openoffice.org — (project)   (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
  • osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
  • out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
  • over-confident — too confident.
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • overconfidence — too confident.
  • peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • pre-conference — a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • preperformance — occurring before a performance
  • prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
  • recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
  • reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
  • reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
  • regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
  • reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • resinification — to convert into a resin.
  • reverification — the act of verifying.
  • revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
  • saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
  • self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
  • self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-contented — contented with what one is or has
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
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