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13-letter words containing f, o, n, c

  • not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
  • notifications — Plural form of notification.
  • nuclear force — strong interaction
  • nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
  • ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
  • off the chain — wildly entertaining
  • office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
  • officiousness — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • on account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
  • on reflection — second thoughts
  • on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
  • on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
  • onto function — Mathematics. a function from one set to a second set, the range of which is the entire second set.
  • opacification — to cause to become opaque.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • osmoconformer — Any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.
  • ossifications — Plural form of ossification.
  • out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
  • overconfident — too confident.
  • overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • oxygen effect — the increased sensitivity to radiation of living organisms, tissues, etc, when they are exposed in the presence of oxygen
  • pacific ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 feet (10,800 meters).
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
  • peace of mind — reassurance
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
  • pontificating — to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
  • pontification — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • porcupinefish — 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.
  • pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
  • postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
  • profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
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