14-letter words containing f, a, i, r, e, m
- free-machining — (of certain metals) readily machinable at high speeds with low force.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- 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 margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else