14-letter words containing s, o, n, f, a
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- king of beasts — the lion.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- law of nations — international law.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
- mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonsignificant — (sciences) Lacking statistical significance.
- norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- off one's game — playing badly
- off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
- off one's nana — mad; insane
- on sb's behalf — If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- one false move — You use one false move to introduce the very bad or serious consequences which will result if someone makes a mistake, even a very small one.
- one's head off — loudly or excessively
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- pontifications — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.