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14-letter words containing f, e, c

  • john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
  • junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • 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.
  • lattice defect — defect (def 3).
  • law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
  • lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
  • 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
  • leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
  • 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).
  • left-of-center — holding liberal views in politics; left-wing.
  • left-of-centre — Left-of-centre people or political parties support political ideas which are closer to socialism than to capitalism.
  • letter-perfect — knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
  • life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
  • life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
  • life-enhancing — If you describe something as life-enhancing, you mean that it makes you feel happier and more content.
  • 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.
  • line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • machine finish — a very smooth paper surface, created by a machine.
  • 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.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • make a muck of — to ruin or spoil
  • malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • matter-of-fact — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
  • mefenamic acid — a white powder, C 1 5 H 1 5 NO 2 , used as a mild analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic in certain types of arthritis and for the relief of moderate short-term pain due to dysmenorrhea.
  • melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.
  • mid wicket off — mid off.
  • midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
  • minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
  • mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
  • mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
  • misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
  • morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
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