14-letter words containing f, a, l, d, e
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- furfuraldehyde — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- height of land — a watershed
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- indie landfill — a derogatory term for indie music considered to be mediocre
- infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- lattice defect — defect (def 3).
- lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- leave for dead — to abandon
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
- lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- 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.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- 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.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
- 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.
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- 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.
- reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.