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14-letter words containing f, o

  • noninterfering — Not interfering.
  • nonmaleficence — A lack or absence of maleficence.
  • nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
  • nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
  • nonsignificant — (sciences) Lacking statistical significance.
  • nonspecificity — The state or condition of being nonspecific.
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • not forgetting — You say not forgetting a particular thing or person when you want to include them in something that you have already talked about.
  • not-for-profit — nonprofit.
  • nothing for it — no choice; no other course
  • nothing if not — You use nothing if not in front of an adjective to indicate that someone or something clearly has a lot of the particular quality mentioned.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • of set purpose — with a specific end in view
  • of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
  • of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • off one's feed — to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
  • off one's game — playing badly
  • off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
  • off one's nana — mad; insane
  • off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • off the record — making or affording a record.
  • off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
  • offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
  • offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
  • office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
  • officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
  • officious will — a will by which the testator gives his or her property to the natural objects of such bounty, as the family.
  • oil of vitriol — sulfuric acid.
  • old franconian — the Franconian language before 1100; Frankish.
  • old-field colt — catch-colt (def 2).
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • on firm ground — in a safe situation
  • on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
  • on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
  • on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • one's head off — loudly or excessively
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