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14-letter words containing c, o, f, e, r

  • ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
  • soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • sorting office — postal
  • space platform — space station.
  • special forces — crack military team
  • state of grace — grace (def 8d).
  • steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • tourist office — information centre for sightseers
  • tractive force — the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
  • traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
  • under color of — under the pretext or guise of
  • under cover of — concealed
  • water crowfoot — an aquatic buttercup; Ranunculus aquatilis
  • well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
  • wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
  • wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
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