14-letter words containing a, u, f, i, t
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nitrofurantoin — an antimicrobial substance, C 8 H 6 N 4 O 5 , used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.
- non-fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- non-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- noninfluential — Not influential.
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- 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
- quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quizzification — mockery
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- route flapping — flapping router
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- snap out of it — return quickly to normal
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.