14-letter words containing d, e, a, f, r, o
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- forest of dean — a royal forest in Gloucestershire, in W England. About 180 sq. mi. (475 sq. km).
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- fraise du bois — a wild strawberry.
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- garden of eden — Eden1
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- good afternoon — greeting
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- 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.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- 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.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody