14-letter words containing f, l, e, m, i
- foxtail millet — a grass, Setaria italica, of numerous varieties, introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia, and grown chiefly for use as hay.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- fundamentality — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- gulf of mexico — a republic in S North America. 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). . Capital: Mexico City.
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- hopfield model — Hopfield network
- if it kills me — If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful.
- in all my life — You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree.
- infinitesimals — Plural form of infinitesimal.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
- 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.
- life-affirming — A life-affirming activity or attitude emphasizes the positive aspects of life.
- lifetime limit — The lifetime limit of a health insurance plan is the maximum coverage that it offers, after which payment stops, and the policyholder must pay all remaining costs.
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- man of galilee — Jesus.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
- 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.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- mittag-leffler — Magnus Gösta [mahng-nuhs yœ-stah] /ˈmɑŋ nʌs ˈyœ stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1846–1927, Swedish mathematician.
- mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- mosquito fleet — a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
- 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
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- 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.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.
- noninflammable — Not catching fire easily; not flammable.
- nonmaleficence — A lack or absence of maleficence.
- nt file system — (file system) (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.