14-letter words containing a, l, f, r
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- space platform — space station.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- special forces — crack military team
- square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- transferential — of, relating to, or involving transference.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
- unartificially — in an unartificial manner
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable