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15-letter words containing s, n, u, f, o

  • mortiferousness — deadliness
  • 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
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
  • non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
  • odoriferousness — The quality of being odoriferous.
  • off one's chump — insane; crazy
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
  • perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • 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.
  • quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
  • 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.
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, 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.
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • 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.
  • self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • sense of humour — Someone who has a sense of humour often finds things amusing, rather than being serious all the time.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
  • shut one's face — to be silent
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
  • spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
  • summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
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