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14-letter words containing f, e, r, t

  • frontierswomen — Plural form of frontierswoman.
  • 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.
  • frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.
  • frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
  • frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
  • fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
  • fuller's earth — an absorbent clay, used especially for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder.
  • fully-featured — having a full range of features or functions
  • function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • future perfect — perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, especially when incomplete with respect to the present.
  • futurelessness — the state or quality of being futureless
  • futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
  • get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
  • getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
  • give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
  • good afternoon — greeting
  • graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
  • group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
  • guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
  • heart of stone — lack of compassion
  • heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
  • heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
  • immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
  • in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
  • indifferentism — systematic indifference.
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