14-letter words containing f, e, d, o, r
- out from under — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- over-confident — too confident.
- over-dignified — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- over-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- overconfidence — too confident.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
- self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-propelled — propelled by itself.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
- the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist