14-letter words containing a, r, c, f, o
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- 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
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- reverification — the act of verifying.
- revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
- saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
- 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.
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- tractive force — the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
- vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- water crowfoot — an aquatic buttercup; Ranunculus aquatilis
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).