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15-letter words containing n, a, f, o

  • lay a finger on — to harm
  • lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
  • lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
  • linear function — linear transformation.
  • linear manifold — subspace (def 2b).
  • lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • louis of nassau — 1538–74, a leader (1568–74) of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain: died in battle
  • magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
  • magnolia family — the plant family Magnoliaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, often showy flowers with a spiral arrangement of their floral parts, and conelike fruit, and including the cucumber tree, magnolia, tulip tree, and umbrella tree.
  • mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
  • maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
  • make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
  • make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
  • make mention of — allude to
  • make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
  • man of his word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
  • man-of-war bird — frigate bird.
  • man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • margin of error — statistics: variance
  • matron of honor — a married woman acting as the principal attendant of the bride at a wedding.
  • menomonee falls — a city in SE Wisconsin, NW of Milwaukee.
  • metainformation — metadata
  • mezzanine floor — intermediate level in a building
  • microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
  • milk of almonds — almond milk.
  • mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • nanofabrication — the design and manufacture of products and structures, especially electronic devices, with dimensions measured in nanometers.
  • narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
  • nation of islam — an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States: members are known as Black Muslims.
  • national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
  • neat's-foot oil — a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.
  • negative profit — a financial loss
  • nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
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