14-letter words containing f, e, p, a
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- flat-bed press — a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- for one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- fraternity pin — a pin worn on clothing that indicates membership in a fraternity
- free companion — a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- french pancake — a thin, light pancake, usually served with a sweet or savory filling.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- friar preacher — a Dominican friar.
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- keep the faith — stay true to beliefs
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- loophole frame — a frame in the opening of a wall enclosing a window and some other opening.
- lord of appeal — one of several judges appointed to assist the House of Lords in hearing appeals
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- packet sniffer — (networking, tool) A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper fastener — split pin
- paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.