14-letter words containing c, l, e, f
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- left-of-center — holding liberal views in politics; left-wing.
- left-of-centre — Left-of-centre people or political parties support political ideas which are closer to socialism than to capitalism.
- letter-perfect — knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
- 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.
- life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- neglectfulness — The characteristic of being neglectful.
- non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- non-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonmaleficence — A lack or absence of maleficence.
- norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- old-field colt — catch-colt (def 2).
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- 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.
- parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- peltier effect — the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.