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14-letter words containing f, n, o

  • lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • make an end of — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
  • malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • man of galilee — Jesus.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
  • mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
  • microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
  • moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
  • mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • muni bond fund — municipal bond fund.
  • nanofiltration — Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger.
  • national front — (in Britain) a small political party of the right with racist and other extremist policies
  • neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
  • newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
  • nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
  • nitrofurantoin — an antimicrobial substance, C 8 H 6 N 4 O 5 , used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.
  • nitrogen fixer — any of various microorganisms in the soil involved in the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • no fixed abode — If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless.
  • no-win, no-fee — in which the legal firm taking the case is only paid if it wins the case and obtains damages for its client
  • non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
  • non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
  • non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • non-conforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
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