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14-letter words containing f, e, m, o

  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • overrefinement — excessive or unnecessary refinement.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • platform frame — a building frame having studs only one story high, regardless of the number of stories built, each story having a box sill.
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preperformance — occurring before a performance
  • processor farm — (computer, parallel)   A parallel processor where tasks are distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for applications which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being ray tracing and the Mandelbrot set. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
  • reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • 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.
  • sea of marmara — a deep inland sea in NW Turkey, linked with the Black Sea by the Bosporus and with the Aegean by the Dardanelles: separates Turkey in Europe from Turkey in Asia. Area: 11 471 sq km (4429 sq miles)
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-enjoyment — the act of enjoying.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
  • sense of humor — finding things funny
  • shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
  • smokeless fuel — fuel which burns without producing smoke
  • sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
  • sodium sulfide — a yellow or brick-red, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, Na 2 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, and rubber, as a depilatory for leather, and in the flotation of powdered lead and copper ores.
  • sodium sulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.
  • soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • somar software — (company)   The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
  • space platform — space station.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
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