12-letter words containing o, n, e, s, f
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- non-specific — Non-specific medical conditions or symptoms have more than one possible cause.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonoffensive — Not offensive.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- of one's own — If you say that someone has a particular thing of their own, you mean that that thing belongs or relates to them, rather than to other people.
- of substance — wealthy
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- offendedness — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- oil of anise — the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overfineness — excessive fineness
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overfondness — excessive affection
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
- prison fever — typhus.
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- resiniferous — yielding resin.
- rooflessness — the state of having no roof
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- sea of japan — the sea between mainland Asia and Japan
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.