14-letter words containing f, a, t, b, r
- fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- finnbogadottir — Vigdís [Icelandic vig-dees] /Icelandic vɪgˈdis/ (Show IPA), born 1930, Icelandic political leader: president 1980–96.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- free vibration — the vibration of a structure that occurs at its natural frequency, as opposed to a forced vibration
- infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- 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 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).
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- 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.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- untransferable — not able to be transferred
- vibroflotation — the use of a vibrating probe inserted into soil to prevent soil liquefaction, which can be a hazard in earthquakes