14-letter words containing a, c, e, s, o, r
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- horseshoe crab — a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- incarcerations — Plural form of incarceration.
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.