14-letter words containing o, f, e, n, s
- esterification — A reaction of an alcohol with an acid to produce an ester and water.
- every so often — now and again
- excuse oneself — to ask that one's fault be overlooked; apologize
- expose oneself — to display one's sexual organs in public
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- fabian society — a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factitiousness — The quality of being factitious.
- 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
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- 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 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
- fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
- 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.
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- feel one's way — to move or advance cautiously, by or as if by groping
- felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- fellow student — sb studying at same institution
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
- 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.
- ferromanganese — a ferroalloy containing up to 90 percent manganese.
- ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
- fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
- festive season — People sometimes refer to the Christmas period as the festive season.
- fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
- fictitiousness — The state of being fictitious.
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
- file extension — filename extension
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- fineness ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the length of a streamlined body, as a rocket or airplane hull, to its maximum diameter.
- finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
- 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.
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flavorlessness — The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
- flavorsomeness — The quality of being flavorsome.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- flip one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.