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18-letter words containing f, l, a, n, c, o

  • funeral procession — ceremonial cortège at a burial
  • gene amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
  • general confession — a prayer confessing sins
  • grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
  • gulf of california — an arm of the Pacific Ocean, between Sonora and Lower California
  • historical fiction — the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages.
  • honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
  • hydrofluorocarbons — Plural form of hydrofluorocarbon.
  • isabella of france — 1292–1358, wife (1308–27) of Edward II of England, whom, aided by her lover, Roger de Mortimer, she deposed; mother of Edward III
  • job classification — an arrangement of different types of employment within a company or industry, according to the skill, experience, or training required.
  • king of the castle — most powerful figure
  • lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
  • law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
  • lawrence of arabia — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • locally finite set — a collection of sets in a topological space in which each point of the space has a neighborhood that intersects a finite number of sets of the collection.
  • make allowance for — the act of allowing.
  • medical profession — the body of people who work as doctors of medicine
  • mezzo-soprano clef — a C clef locating middle C on the line next to the lowest line of the staff.
  • multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
  • negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
  • no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
  • nonconfrontational — Tending to deal with situations calmly and diplomatically; not aggressive or hostile.
  • oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
  • oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
  • old low franconian — a Low German dialect of the Franks of the lower Rhine valley before c1100.
  • once in a lifetime — extremely rarely
  • out of circulation — If someone is out of circulation, they do not appear in public or at social gatherings for a period of time. You can also say that someone is out of circulation when they are in prison.
  • people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally
  • percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
  • plane of incidence — a plane determined by a given ray, incident on a surface, and the normal at the point where the incident ray strikes the surface.
  • play second fiddle — be considered less important
  • pontifical college — the chief body of priests in ancient Rome.
  • put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
  • reinforced plastic — plastic with fibrous matter, such as carbon fibre, embedded in it to confer additional strength
  • school for scandal — a comedy of manners (1777) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
  • self-actualization — the achievement of one's full potential through creativity, independence, spontaneity, and a grasp of the real world.
  • self-certification — statement of sick leave
  • self-contemplation — the act or process of thinking about oneself or one's values, beliefs, behavior, etc.
  • self-contradiction — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
  • self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
  • self-glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • self-gratification — the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, especially the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
  • self-incrimination — the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony.
  • self-instructional — pertaining to or constituting learning materials and conditions arranged so that students can proceed to learn on their own with little or no supervision.
  • self-justification — the act or fact of justifying oneself, especially of offering excessive reasons, explanations, excuses, etc., for an act, thought, or the like.
  • self-mortification — the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
  • self-preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • self-recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
  • significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
  • soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
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