14-letter words containing f, i, r, e
- traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- traffic-jammed — jam1 (def 16).
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- transferential — of, relating to, or involving transference.
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transrectifier — a device, usually a vacuum tube, that provides transrectification.
- trigger finger — any finger, usually the forefinger, that presses the trigger of a gun.
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- underfulfilled — falling short of having achieved one's potential or desires
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
- unit furniture — furniture consisting of separate units, conceived to be combined in different ways
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unprovided for — without income or means
- unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- user interface — the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. Abbreviation: UI.
- user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
- venus-figurine — Venus (def 3).
- verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
- vienna fortran — A data-parallel extension of Fortran 77 for distributed memory multiprocessors by Hans Zima <[email protected]>, Vienna University.
- villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
- virginia fence — snake fence.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
- water purifier — a device that purifies water
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- well-fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- well-furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- wriggle out of — evade: a duty
- writ of extent — extent (def 4a).