17-letter words containing o, f, n, e, m

money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
month after month — every month
mother of vinegar — mother2 .
motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
non-reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
noninertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
office automation — a method or system of using automated or electronic equipment, as word processors and computers, in the operations of an office.
old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
on the home front — domestically
one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
performance bonus — a monetary bonus paid to staff who have performed well in their job
performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
phase of the moon — Used humorously as a random parameter on which something is said to depend. Sometimes implies unreliability of whatever is dependent, or that reliability seems to be dependent on conditions nobody has been able to determine. "This feature depends on having the channel open in mumble mode, having the foo switch set, and on the phase of the moon." See also heisenbug. True story: Once upon a time there was a bug that really did depend on the phase of the moon. There was a little subroutine that had traditionally been used in various programs at MIT to calculate an approximation to the moon's true phase. GLS incorporated this routine into a Lisp program that, when it wrote out a file, would print a timestamp line almost 80 characters long. Very occasionally the first line of the message would be too long and would overflow onto the next line, and when the file was later read back in the program would barf. The length of the first line depended on both the precise date and time and the length of the phase specification when the timestamp was printed, and so the bug literally depended on the phase of the moon! The first paper edition of the Jargon File (Steele-1983) included an example of one of the timestamp lines that exhibited this bug, but the typesetter "corrected" it. This has since been described as the phase-of-the-moon-bug bug.
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
pre-manifestation — an act of manifesting.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
pro forma invoice — an invoice issued before an order is placed or before the goods are delivered giving all the details and the cost of the goods
professional army — an army of trained soldiers
profile component — attainment targets in different subjects brought together for the general assessment of a pupil
recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
republic of yemen — Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Capital: Aden.
saint elmo's fire — corona discharge.
scientific method — a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
self-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
semi-professional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
the fall (of man) — Adam's sin of yielding to temptation in eating the forbidden fruit, and his subsequent loss of grace
the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
theory of numbers — number theory.
thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
to fan the flames — If someone or something fans the flames of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.
traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations

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