14-letter words containing f, i, r, m, e
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- 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.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
- mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- multiple fruit — a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- office manager — employee in charge of office personnel
- officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
- opinion former — Opinion formers are people who have a lot of influence over what the public thinks about things.
- order of merit — an order conferred on civilians and servicemen for eminence in any field
- overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
- overrefinement — excessive or unnecessary refinement.
- oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
- performability — the quality of being performable
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- semper fidelis — always faithful
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.