14-letter words containing f, i, l, t
- pacifistically — from a pacifistic point of view
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- party official — an official of a political party
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- peltier effect — the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.
- pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- 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.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- 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.
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- 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.
- 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
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- 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-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-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.