14-letter words containing a, t, f, r
- 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.
- fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
- fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- 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.
- good afternoon — greeting
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- inferoanterior — below and in front.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflation rate — economy: price increase
- infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
- interferential — of or relating to interference.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- it's a feature — (jargon) From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- karstification — the process of turning into karst