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

  • inflation rate — economy: price increase
  • infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
  • infundibulated — Funnel-shaped.
  • interferential — of or relating to interference.
  • interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
  • interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
  • intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
  • isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • lattice defect — defect (def 3).
  • lead the field — If you say that someone leads the field in a particular activity, you mean that they are better, more active, or more successful than everyone else who is involved in it.
  • leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
  • leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
  • 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).
  • left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
  • life and death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • life-and-death — ending with the death or possible death of one of the participants; crucially important: The cobra was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the mongoose.
  • lift attendant — a person who operates a lift, esp in large public or commercial buildings and hotels
  • lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
  • line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
  • line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
  • 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.
  • make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • male-to-female — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity and gender expression is female.
  • malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
  • moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
  • non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
  • nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
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