14-letter words containing f, e, r, i, c
- openoffice.org — (project) (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
- over-confident — too confident.
- over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- overconfidence — too confident.
- 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.
- parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
- parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- peltier effect — the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- perfectiveness — the state or quality of being perfective
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
- recodification — the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- reverification — the act of verifying.
- revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
- ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.