14-letter words containing n, a, f
- antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
- antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antireflective — treated in some way to prevent reflection
- antiscientific — opposed to the principles, methods, or aims of science
- appearance fee — An appearance fee is money paid to a famous person such as a sports star or film star for taking part in a public event.
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops
- argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
- artificialness — the condition of being non-natural, unnatural or spurious
- artisoft, inc. — (company, networking) A company, known for the LANtastic range of networking products. Originally providers of proprietary, peer-to-peer network hardware and software for small installations, Artisoft now also sells Ethernet and Novell-compatible hardware and software. Telephone: +1 (800) 809 1257. Address: Tucson, Arizona, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- asparagus fern — a fernlike species of asparagus, A. plumosus, native to southern Africa
- assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
- at full length — stretched out; completely extended
- at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
- at the hand of — through the action of
- autoconfiscate — (software, jargon) A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
- back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back of beyond — a very remote place
- back-and-forth — backward and forward; side to side; to and fro: a back-and-forth shuttling of buses to the stadium; the back-and-forth movement of a clock's pendulum.
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- backflap hinge — Building Trades. flap (def 20a).
- backside-front — backend-to.
- bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
- banker's draft — A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
- basso profundo — (esp in operatic solo singing) a singer with a very deep bass voice
- be gagging for — to be very eager to have or do something
- beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
- beneficialness — the state of being beneficial
- betake oneself — to go; move
- betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
- bill of lading — (in foreign trade) a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- binary fission — asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms by division into two daughter cells
- binding rafter — a timber for supporting rafters between their extremities, as a purlin.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- blanco-fombona — Rufino [roo-fee-naw] /ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1944, Venezuelan author.
- blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
- blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
- blended family — a social unit consisting of two previously married parents and the children of their former marriages
- block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
- bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
- boundary fence — a fence between properties
- bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
- branch officer — (in the British navy since 1949) any officer who holds warrant
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- brass farthing — something of little or no value
- breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.