14-letter words containing f, e, n, r, a
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- reference mark — Surveying. a permanent mark set at a specific distance in a specific direction from a survey station so as to permit accurate reestablishment of the station.
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- remanufacturer — a company or industry that engages in making an existing product new again
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- reverification — the act of verifying.
- revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
- right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- route flapping — flapping router
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- 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.
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assurance — self-confidence.
- self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- self-clearance — the act of clearing.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.