14-letter words containing f, e, l, t, r
- cylinder front — a front cover for a desk or the like, consisting either of a solid piece or of a tambour sliding up and back in quadrantal grooves.
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
- effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
- electric fence — a fence with an electric current in it, typically used to keep cattle in a field
- electric field — a field of force surrounding a charged particle within which another charged particle experiences a force
- electrifyingly — In an electrifying manner.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- fair-trade law — a state or federal law authorizing fair-trade agreements: repealed 1975.
- fallen timbers — a battle site on the Maumee River, near present-day Maumee, Ohio, where a confederation of Indian tribes (Northwest Indian Confederation) was defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne (1794): state park.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- false relation — a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part
- falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
- fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family.
- fare-thee-well — a state of perfection: The meal was done to a fare-thee-well.
- farm-gate sale — the sale of produce direct from the producer
- fatherlessness — The state or quality of being fatherless.
- fault tolerant — fault tolerance
- fault-tolerant — designed to return to a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction
- feather pillow — soft headrest stuffed with feathers
- feather-legged — cowardly.
- feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- fellow servant — (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.
- femoral artery — the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.
- fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
- ferroelectrics — Plural form of ferroelectric.
- ferry terminal — docking area for passenger boats
- fertile period — the time during a woman's menstrual cycle at which she is most likely to become pregnant, or the equivalent time for an animal
- fertility cult — a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
- fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
- fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.