14-letter words containing a, l, f, r
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- route flapping — flapping router
- rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assurance — self-confidence.
- self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- self-clearance — the act of clearing.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-sacrifice — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.