18-letter words containing n, o, f, a, c, t
- fabric conditioner — a product used when washing clothes to make them feel softer
- fall-back position — an alternative plan
- farm the long acre — to graze cows on the verge of a road
- fettuccine alfredo — fettuccine in cream sauce with grated Parmesan cheese.
- fibrocartilaginous — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- fifth monarchy men — (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.
- flat on one's back — lying supine
- fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
- fourth commandment — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”: fourth of the Ten Commandments.
- fracture toughness — The fracture toughness of a material is how likely it is to resist fracture.
- ftp software, inc. — (company) Developers of the original PC/TCP Packet Driver specification. Address: 26 Princess St. Wakefield, MA 01880-3004. Telephone: +1 (617) 246 0900.
- functional disease — a disease in which there is an abnormal change in the function of an organ, but no structural alteration in the tissues involved (opposed to organic disease).
- functional program — (language) A program employing the functional programming approach or written in a functional language.
- functional testing — (testing) (Or "black-box testing", "closed-box testing") The application of test data derived from functional requirements without regard to how the system is implemented.
- gene amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
- heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
- historical fiction — the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages.
- identification tag — either of two oblong metal tags, issued to armed forces personnel, on which are impressed the serial number, name, etc., of the person to whom it is issued, and carried on or about the person at all times.
- in the face of sth — If you take a particular action or attitude in the face of a problem or difficulty, you respond to that problem or difficulty in that way.
- infectious disease — illness spread by person to person
- information centre — help desk, office
- information office — an office where you can go to get information
- inspector of taxes — an official of HMRC whose work is to assess individuals' income tax liability
- integrating factor — a factor that upon multiplying a differential equation with the right-hand side equal to zero makes the equation integrable, usually by making the resulting expression an exact differential of some function.
- job classification — an arrangement of different types of employment within a company or industry, according to the skill, experience, or training required.
- king of the castle — most powerful figure
- lambeth conference — a convention of the bishops of the Anglican communion, held about every 10 years at Lambeth Palace to confer but not to define doctrine or to legislate on ecclesiastical matters.
- law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
- locally finite set — a collection of sets in a topological space in which each point of the space has a neighborhood that intersects a finite number of sets of the collection.
- manufactured goods — products made by machine
- merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
- microsoft exchange — (messaging) Microsoft's messaging and enterprise collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an electronic mail message store but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data.
- multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
- negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
- nike of samothrace — a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.
- no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- non-identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- nonconfrontational — Tending to deal with situations calmly and diplomatically; not aggressive or hostile.
- oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
- oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
- once in a lifetime — extremely rarely
- out of circulation — If someone is out of circulation, they do not appear in public or at social gatherings for a period of time. You can also say that someone is out of circulation when they are in prison.
- overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally
- performance artist — an artist that is involved in a theatrical presentation that incorporates various art forms, such as dance, sculpture, music, etc
- pontifical college — the chief body of priests in ancient Rome.
- put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
- rabbit-proof fence — a fence through which rabbits are unable to pass
- raffinate recovery — Raffinate recovery is the use of a substance which is left after a process is complete and the desired substances have been removed.
- reach for the moon — to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain