14-letter words containing f, l, e, t, y
- 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.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- leaf butterfly — any of various butterflies of the genus Kallima, of southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, having wings that resemble dead leaves.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- 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.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- nt file system — (file system) (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petty official — a minor official in government, etc
- play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- self-enjoyment — the act of enjoying.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- the loony left — the extreme left
- tyndall effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- tyndall-effect — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner