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14-letter words containing f, a, i, r, l

  • 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.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • party official — an official of a political party
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
  • prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • public affairs — (used with a plural verb) matters of general interest or concern, especially those dealing with current social or political issues.
  • public welfare — state aid to the poor
  • quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
  • quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
  • re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
  • referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • 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-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • 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-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • 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.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
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