14-letter words containing f, n, o
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- point of honor — an issue that affects one's honor, reputation, etc.: It was a point of honor with him to avenge any insult to his family.
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- 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.
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- 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.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- 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.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
- prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quizzification — mockery
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
- rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- 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
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- 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.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious