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14-letter words containing f, l, a, t, r

  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
  • inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
  • inflation rate — economy: price increase
  • infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
  • infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
  • interferential — of or relating to interference.
  • interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
  • interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
  • intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
  • 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.
  • labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
  • leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
  • leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • 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).
  • light aircraft — A light aircraft is a small aeroplane that is designed to carry a small number of passengers or a small amount of goods.
  • light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • microsoft mail — (messaging, tool)   (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
  • 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.
  • mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
  • mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
  • multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
  • multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
  • mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
  • myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
  • nanofiltration — Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger.
  • national front — (in Britain) a small political party of the right with racist and other extremist policies
  • non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
  • nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
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