14-letter words containing a, f, r, m, e
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- 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.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- 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.
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- nonconformance — lack of conformity.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- 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.
- office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- 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 scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- platform shoes — shoes: thick sole