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.