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15-letter words containing n, o, d, i, f

  • nonconfidential — not confidential
  • not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
  • odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
  • of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
  • over-confidence — too confident.
  • overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
  • purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
  • refined fortran — (RF) Similar to Refined C. Research implementations only. "Refined Fortran: Another Sequential Language for Parallel Programming," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1986 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.184-191.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-confidence — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
  • self-definition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
  • stand in awe of — to respect and fear
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
  • tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
  • thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
  • trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
  • usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria
  • video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
  • videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
  • widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
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