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

  • a false economy — If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
  • a small fortune — a very high price or cost
  • absence of mind — distraction; forgetfulness
  • accounting file — (operating system)   A file which holds records of the resources used by individual jobs. These records are used to regulate, and calculate charges for, resources. An entry is opened in the accounting file as each job begins.
  • act of congress — a law that has been passed by both houses of the US Congress and signed by the president; if the president has chosen to veto the bill, it can be passed by a two-thirds majority in Congress
  • affine geometry — the branch of geometry dealing with affine transformations.
  • african buffalo — Cape buffalo.
  • after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • all of a sudden — If something happens all of a sudden, it happens quickly and unexpectedly.
  • alta california — a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.
  • ancient of days — a name for God, originating in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament (Daniel 7:9)
  • andrew of crete — a.d. c650–730, Greek poet and Orthodox archbishop of Crete.
  • anfractuosities — Plural form of anfractuosity.
  • angel food cake — a light, spongy, white cake made with egg whites and no shortening
  • angle of attack — the acute angle between the chord line of an aerofoil and the undisturbed relative airflow
  • angle of repose — the maximum angle to the horizontal at which rocks, soil, etc, will remain without sliding
  • anne of austria — 1601–66, wife of Louis XIII of France and daughter of Philip III of Spain: regent of France (1643–61) for her son Louis XIV
  • anne of bohemia — 1366–94, queen consort of Richard II of England
  • anne of denmark — 1574–1619, wife (from 1589) of James I of England and VI of Scotland
  • anti-conformist — a person who conforms, especially unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.
  • antifashionable — not conforming to mainstream fashion
  • antiferromagnet — a material which exhibits antiferromagnetism
  • antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
  • antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
  • ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
  • as often as not — If you say that something happens as often as not, or more often than not, you mean that it happens fairly frequently, and that this can be considered as typical of the kind of situation you are talking about.
  • at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
  • at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
  • audio frequency — a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
  • autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
  • autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
  • autotransfusion — a process in which a patient receives some of his or her own blood in a transfusion rather than a donor's blood
  • baja california — peninsula in Mexico, between the Pacific & the Gulf of California: divided into a northern state (Baja California), 27,071 sq mi (70,114 sq km), pop. 1,661,000, cap. Mexicali; and a southern state (Baja California Sur), 28,447 sq mi (73,677 sq km), pop. 318,000, cap. La Paz
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bank of england — the central bank of the United Kingdom, which acts as banker to the government and the commercial banks. It is responsible for managing the government's debt and implementing its policy on other monetary matters: established in 1694, nationalized in 1946; in 1997 the government restored the authority to set interest rates to the Bank
  • bayonet fitting — a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • beast of burden — A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.
  • beat oneself up — to reproach oneself
  • beef stroganoff — a dish of thin strips of beef cooked with onions, mushrooms, and seasonings, served in a sour-cream sauce
  • belgian griffon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a black or reddish-brown and black coat.
  • biogasification — the conversion of organic matter into biogas.
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • book of account — a book to keep accounts in; ledger
  • book of changes — an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.
  • bookmaking firm — an organization that accepts bets from gamblers and pays out winnings
  • breakbone fever — dengue
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)

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