14-letter words containing f, a, l, t, e, r
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- fraudulentness — (rare) fraudulence.
- frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
- fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflation rate — economy: price increase
- infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
- interferential — of or relating to interference.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
- leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- 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.
- mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.