14-letter words containing n, o, r, e, f, i
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
- 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 scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
- ferromagnesian — (of minerals and rocks) containing iron and magnesium.
- ferromagnetism — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
- fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
- fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
- floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
- floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
- flowering moss — pyxie.
- flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- forbidden city — a walled section of Peking, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- foreign legion — a military unit consisting of foreign volunteers in the service of a state.
- foreign office — the department of a government that handles foreign affairs.
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.