14-letter words containing a, r, c, t
- first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flat character — an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- france ancient — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, semé-de-lys or.
- free-associate — to engage in free association.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- friction match — a kind of match tipped with a compound that ignites by friction.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- fructification — act of fructifying; the fruiting of a plant, fungus, etc.
- fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gamma-carotene — one of the forms of the pigment carotene
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- george v coast — a coastal region in Antarctica, along the Indian Ocean coast.
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- go-cart racing — the sport of riding on karts
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)