14-letter words containing f, e, r, o, l
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
- off-line world — (jargon) A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- 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.
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
- parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
- parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- 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.
- people's front — popular front.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- 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
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
- popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- retroreflector — See under retroreflective.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
- route flapping — flapping router
- rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.