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

magnetomotive force — a scalar quantity that is a measure of the sources of magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit. Abbreviation: mmf.
make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
maratha confederacy — a loose league of states in central and western India, c1750–1818.
margaret of navarre — 1492–1549, queen of Navarre 1544–49: patron of literature, author of stories, and poet.
mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
master of foxhounds — the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. Abbreviation: M.F.H.
means of production — resources: equipment, workers
midafternoon prayer — the fifth of the seven canonical hours; none
mine of information — source of great knowledge
minimum iron fabric — cloth used to make clothes that require little ironing
more often than not — usually
most favored nation — a nation to which privileges of trade are extended under a government policy of giving the same privileges to all nations that are given to any one of them, sometimes depending on whether certain conditions, as of reciprocity, are met
most-favored-nation — of or relating to the status, treatment, terms, etc., that are embodied in or conferred by a most-favored-nation clause.
mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
municipal bond fund — a mutual fund that invests in municipal bonds.
mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
nasty piece of work — malicious person
negation by failure — An extralogical feature of Prolog and other logic programming languages in which failure of unification is treated as establishing the negation of a relation. For example, if Ronald Reagan is not in our database and we asked if he was an American, Prolog would answer "no".
nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-confrontational — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
norfolk island pine — a coniferous evergreen tree, Araucaria heterophylla (or A. excelsa), having whorled branches and needlelike foliage, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
north pacific ocean — the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.
not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
of one's own accord — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
on (or off) camera — so positioned as to be within (or out of) the camera's field of view
on cue/as if on cue — If you say that something happened on cue or as if on cue, you mean that it happened just when it was expected to happen, or just at the right time.
on first name terms — If two people are on first-name terms, they know each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
on someone's behalf — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
on-again, off-again — being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably: an on-again, off-again romance.
one after the other — one at a time
open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
open-hearth furnace — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
orange flower water — a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
pancreatic fibrosis — cystic fibrosis.
parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
performance anxiety — the stage fright that a person feels when they are about to perform (a play, piece of music etc) in front of an audience
performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
piece of the action — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
pirates of penzance — an operetta (1879) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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