15-letter words containing s, o, f, t, n
- half-understood — partially understood
- help oneself to — to serve or provide oneself with (food, etc.)
- hoffman estates — a city in NE Illinois.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
- in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
- in the hands of — under the control of
- in the midst of — amid, among
- in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- interferometers — Plural form of interferometer.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- keep to oneself — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- knock spots off — to outstrip or outdo with ease
- latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
- latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- 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.
- nation of islam — an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States: members are known as Black Muslims.
- 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.
- nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- no respecter of — If you say that someone or something is no respecter of a rule or tradition, you mean that the rule or tradition is not important to them.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- 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.