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14-letter words containing e, a, r, f

  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
  • rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
  • safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
  • 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.
  • safety feature — sth designed to prevent injury
  • safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
  • safety measure — a measure taken to increase or ensure safety or protection from danger
  • 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.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • 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.
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
  • sea of marmara — a deep inland sea in NW Turkey, linked with the Black Sea by the Bosporus and with the Aegean by the Dardanelles: separates Turkey in Europe from Turkey in Asia. Area: 11 471 sq km (4429 sq miles)
  • self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assurance — self-confidence.
  • self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • self-clearance — the act of clearing.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • 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.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-sacrifice — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
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