14-letter words containing f, e, n
- do the needful — to perform a necessary task
- do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
- 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.
- door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
- effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
- effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
- eigenfrequency — One of the natural resonant frequencies of a system.
- einstein shift — a small displacement towards the red in the spectra, caused by the interaction between the radiation and the gravitational field of a massive body, such as the sun
- electric fence — a fence with an electric current in it, typically used to keep cattle in a field
- electrifyingly — In an electrifying manner.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
- emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
- emulsification — The process by which an emulsion is formed.
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- english muffin — crumpet
- esterification — A reaction of an alcohol with an acid to produce an ester and water.
- evergreen fund — a fund that provides capital for new companies and makes regular injections of capital to support their development
- every so often — now and again
- exchange force — a force between two elementary particles resulting from the exchange of a virtual particle
- excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
- expose oneself — to display one's sexual organs in public
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- 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
- fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- 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 beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- 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
- false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- 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
- family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
- fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
- fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family.