14-letter words containing fo
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- 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.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- mongolian fold — epicanthus.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- non-conforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-conformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- nonconformance — lack of conformity.
- nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- nonenforcement — the lack of enforcement, esp in law enforcement
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- noninformation — an absence or lack of information
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
- north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- not forgetting — You say not forgetting a particular thing or person when you want to include them in something that you have already talked about.
- not-for-profit — nonprofit.
- nothing for it — no choice; no other course
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- opinion former — Opinion formers are people who have a lot of influence over what the public thinks about things.
- oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
- osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- over-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- platform frame — a building frame having studs only one story high, regardless of the number of stories built, each story having a box sill.
- platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
- platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preperformance — occurring before a performance
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.