14-letter words containing f, e, s, t
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- press fastener — snap fastener.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- rest of esther — a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha consisting of verses in the Septuagint text of the book of Esther that are not in the Hebrew text
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- 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.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety feature — sth designed to prevent injury
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- safety measure — a measure taken to increase or ensure safety or protection from danger
- safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
- safety squeeze — squeeze play (def 1b).
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
- seebeck effect — thermoelectric effect.
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances