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15-letter words containing o, n, e, s, f, l

  • lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
  • maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
  • mellifluousness — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
  • menomonee falls — a city in SE Wisconsin, NW of Milwaukee.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
  • national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
  • neat's-foot oil — a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.
  • non-falsifiable — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
  • non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
  • nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
  • nonprofessorial — not professorial
  • 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 be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • on the heels of — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • person of color — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • prenflo process — The PRENFLO process is a gasification process to convert substances such as oil, gas, coal, and refinery residue into synthetic gas.
  • preprofessional — of or relating to the time preceding one's concentrated study or practice of a profession: preprofessional training.
  • present oneself — to appear, esp at a specific time and place
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
  • put oneself out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
  • read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
  • relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
  • ronne ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E.
  • rule one's life — If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-commitment — the act of committing.
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