14-letter words containing a, f, s
- 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.
- 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.
- machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
- magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
- make a fuss of — If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
- make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- 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
- 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.
- 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)
- mazar-i-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microsoft mail — (messaging, tool) (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- 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.
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- 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.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- 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).
- 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.