14-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t, m
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-conformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- nonenforcement — the lack of enforcement, esp in law enforcement
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- noninformation — an absence or lack of information
- 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
- out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overrefinement — excessive or unnecessary refinement.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- the home front — the civilian population
- 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.
- transformation — the act or process of transforming.
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
- uniformitarian — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
- word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots