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14-letter words containing d, i, s, f, r

  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • paradigm shift — a dramatic change in the paradigm of a scientific community, or a change from one scientific paradigm to another.
  • perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
  • potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semper fidelis — always faithful
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
  • unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
  • user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
  • welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • well-furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
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