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15-letter words containing o, a, f

  • non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
  • nonconfidential — not confidential
  • nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
  • noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
  • noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
  • noninflectional — not inflectional
  • nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
  • nonprofessorial — not professorial
  • nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
  • nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
  • nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • not a bit of it — You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.
  • not care a fuck — not to care at all
  • not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
  • not the half of — only a small part of
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
  • of sorts/a sort — If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard.
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
  • officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
  • official family — the executives or officials chiefly responsible for the operation of an organization or government.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • old father time — time personified
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
  • 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.
  • on the track of — If you are on the track of someone or something, you are trying to find them, or find information about them.
  • on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
  • order of canada — an order awarded to Canadians for outstanding achievement; established in 1967
  • organic farming — farming with organic methods
  • origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
  • out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
  • out of thin air — suddenly and unexpectedly
  • out of training — become unfit
  • outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
  • oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
  • overdraft limit — a limit on the amount of money allowed to be withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
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