14-letter words containing f, e, r, o, a
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
- centre-forward — A centre-forward in a team sport such as football or hockey is the player or position in the middle of the front row of attacking players.
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
- confederations — Plural form of confederation.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- corneal reflex — Physiology. the closing of the eyelids induced by touching the cornea lightly.
- counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
- culture factor — culture as a causative agent, especially in contrast to biological factors.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- date of record — the final date a registered stockholder of a corporation has the right to receive a dividend or other benefit.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- denitrificator — an apparatus which is used in denitrification, particularly in sulphuric acid works
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- differentiator — a person or thing that differentiates.
- diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- double feature — a motion-picture program consisting of two films shown one after the other for the price of a single ticket.
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
- earl of surrey — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
- ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
- esterification — A reaction of an alcohol with an acid to produce an ester and water.
- exchange force — a force between two elementary particles resulting from the exchange of a virtual particle
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- facinorousness — the quality of being facinorous
- factory outlet — a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.
- factory worker — manufacturing labourer
- faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
- fair territory — the area beginning with and including home plate and extending between and including foul lines into which a batter must bat the ball as a prerequisite for a safe hit.