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14-letter words containing o, f

  • aquifoliaceous — related to the Aquifoliaceae family of plants, the only living genus of which is the holly (Ilex) genus
  • arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
  • argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
  • artifactitious — of, relating to, or of the nature of an artifact, or a man-made object that carries cultural significance.
  • artisoft, inc. — (company, networking)   A company, known for the LANtastic range of networking products. Originally providers of proprietary, peer-to-peer network hardware and software for small installations, Artisoft now also sells Ethernet and Novell-compatible hardware and software. Telephone: +1 (800) 809 1257. Address: Tucson, Arizona, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • as a matter of — If you are going to do something as a matter of urgency or priority, you are going to do it as soon as possible, because it is important.
  • assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
  • at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
  • at the cost of — at the expense of losing
  • at the hand of — through the action of
  • athlete's foot — Athlete's foot is a fungal infection in which the skin between the toes becomes cracked or peels off.
  • atomic warfare — war in which nuclear weapons are used
  • authority file — a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
  • autoconfiscate — (software, jargon)   A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
  • axis of diesel — a name given to a bloc of countries (Russia, Iran, and Venezuela) whose reserves of oil enhance their political importance
  • back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
  • back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
  • back of beyond — a very remote place
  • back of bourke — a remote area or place.
  • back-and-forth — backward and forward; side to side; to and fro: a back-and-forth shuttling of buses to the stadium; the back-and-forth movement of a clock's pendulum.
  • back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
  • backflow valve — a valve for preventing flowing liquid, as sewage, from reversing its direction.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • ball of muscle — a very strong, fit, or forceful person
  • balm of gilead — any of several trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora, esp C. opobalsamum of Africa and W Asia, that yield a fragrant oily resin
  • balm-of-gilead — any of several plants of the genus Commiphora, especially C. opobalsamum and C. meccanensis, which yield a fragrant oleoresin.
  • balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • balsam of tolu — tolu
  • bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
  • baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
  • baranof island — an island off SE Alaska, in the western part of the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 4162 sq km (1607 sq miles)
  • basket-of-gold — a yellow-flowered perennial plant (Alyssum saxatile, now more properly Aurinia saxatilis) of the crucifer family, often used in rock gardens
  • basso profundo — (esp in operatic solo singing) a singer with a very deep bass voice
  • battle of wits — If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force.
  • be browned off — to be angry, disgusted, etc.
  • be gagging for — to be very eager to have or do something
  • be of one mind — to have the same opinion or desire
  • be out of luck — If you say that someone is out of luck, you mean that they cannot have something which they can normally have.
  • beaufort scale — an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used
  • beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
  • benzosulfimide — saccharin.
  • beside oneself — If you are beside yourself with anger or excitement, you are extremely angry or excited.
  • betake oneself — to go; move
  • betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
  • betting office — a licensed bookmaker's premises not on a racecourse where bets can be placed on horses, teams, and other competitors
  • biceps femoris — See under biceps.
  • bight of bonny — a wide bay at the E end of the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon
  • bill of health — a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
  • bill of lading — (in foreign trade) a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
  • bill of rights — A Bill of Rights is a written list of citizens' rights which is usually part of the constitution of a country.
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