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14-letter words containing f, e, m, r, a, l

  • lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
  • malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
  • molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • 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.
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • 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-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • space platform — space station.
  • temperamentful — full of temperament
  • thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
  • verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
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