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14-letter words containing f, n, o

  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
  • strong forward — power forward
  • subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
  • the full monty — something in its entirety
  • the home front — the civilian population
  • the loony left — the extreme left
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
  • thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
  • to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
  • to run foul of — If you run foul of someone or fall foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
  • to the tune of — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
  • to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
  • total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
  • transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
  • transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
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