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