14-letter words containing of

mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
matter-of-fact — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
microfibrillar — Of or pertaining to microfibrils.
microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
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.
microsoft mail — (messaging, tool) (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
microsoft word — (text, tool, product) A popular word processor, part of the Microsoft Office suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally text-based (non-GUI) and ran under MS-DOS. Then Microsoft released Word for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0.
mid wicket off — mid off.
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.
morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
nanofiltration — Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger.
neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
nitrofurantoin — an antimicrobial substance, C 8 H 6 N 4 O 5 , used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.
nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
not-for-profit — nonprofit.
of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
of set purpose — with a specific end in view
of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
off one's feed — to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
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
off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
off the record — making or affording a record.
off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
off-the-record — not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
officious will — a will by which the testator gives his or her property to the natural objects of such bounty, as the family.
oil of vitriol — sulfuric acid.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
one's head off — loudly or excessively
open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
openoffice.org — (project) (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
order of merit — an order conferred on civilians and servicemen for eminence in any field

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