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14-letter words containing f, r, o

  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
  • nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
  • noninformation — an absence or lack of information
  • noninterfering — Not interfering.
  • nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
  • nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
  • 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
  • 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 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 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  • off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.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
  • oil of vitriol — sulfuric acid.
  • old franconian — the Franconian language before 1100; Frankish.
  • 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 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
  • open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
  • openoffice.org — (project)   (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
  • opinion former — Opinion formers are people who have a lot of influence over what the public thinks about things.
  • oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
  • order of merit — an order conferred on civilians and servicemen for eminence in any field
  • organ of corti — Anatomy, Zoology. a structure in the cochlea of a mammal, consisting of hair cells that serve as receptors for auditory stimuli.
  • osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
  • 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.
  • out of control — wild, unrestrained
  • out of nowhere — unexpectedly
  • out of spirits — sad; depressed
  • out of the ark — very old; out of date
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
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