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14-letter words containing c, i, e, n, f, u

  • interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
  • junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
  • life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
  • non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • 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.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
  • self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superefficient — extremely efficient
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
  • unaffectionate — showing, indicating, or characterized by affection or love; fondly tender: an affectionate embrace.
  • uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
  • unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
  • unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
  • unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
  • user interface — the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. Abbreviation: UI.
  • zeno of citium — c340–c265 b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Cyprus.
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