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14-letter words containing f, e, t, a, c

  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • flat character — an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
  • foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
  • force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
  • forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
  • fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
  • fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • france ancient — an escutcheon blazoned as follows: Azure, semé-de-lys or.
  • free-associate — to engage in free association.
  • french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.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.
  • fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • functionalised — to make functional.
  • functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
  • fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
  • gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
  • 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.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • 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
  • identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
  • in the face of — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
  • inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
  • infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
  • infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • lattice defect — defect (def 3).
  • leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
  • line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
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