14-letter words containing n, i, t
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- explosion shot — a shot used in hitting a ball from a sand trap, in which the sand just behind the ball rather than the ball itself is struck with full force
- exponentiation — The operation of raising one quantity to the power of another.
- export invoice — a document issued by an exporter to an importer listing the goods or services supplied and stating the sum of money due
- export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extensibleness — The quality of being extensible.
- extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
- extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- extension ring — a spacer element that can be fixed between the camera body and the lens to increase the distance between film and lens and allow closer focus than would be possible without it
- extensionality — extensional equality
- exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- extortionately — In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate.
- extra dividend — a dividend paid to stockholders in addition to the regular dividend.
- extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- extraordinaire — Outstanding or remarkable in a particular capacity.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extravagancies — Plural form of extravagancy.
- extravasations — Plural form of extravasation.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- f distribution — a continuous distribution obtained from the ratio of two chi-square distributions and used esp to test the equality of the variances of two normally distributed variances
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling action — the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
- false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
- fanaticization — the act or an instance of making people fanatical
- fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family.
- fantasticality — The quality of being fantastical.
- fantastication — the act of making fantastic
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.