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

  • 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
  • preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
  • radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
  • rafferty rules — no rules at all
  • rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
  • referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
  • reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
  • 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
  • refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
  • relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • retroreflector — See under retroreflective.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • 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
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • 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.
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • 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
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
  • self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-contented — contented with what one is or has
  • self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
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