14-letter words containing f, i, r, e
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflation rate — economy: price increase
- inflorescences — Plural form of inflorescence.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
- injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
- inquiry office — an office or department of a business, organization, etc, which deals with inquiries or requests for information
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interfere with — tamper with
- interferential — of or relating to interference.
- interferometer — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- interfingering — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
- interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- interinfluence — to influence reciprocally or mutually
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- it's a feature — (jargon) From the adage "It's not a bug, it's a feature." Used sarcastically to describe an unpleasant experience that you wish to gloss over.
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- jeffersonville — a city in S Indiana, on the Ohio River.
- junior officer — an officer who is not in overall command of a military unit
- 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.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- 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).
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- life preserver — a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
- life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfinancier — A person or organisation offering microfinance.