14-letter words containing f, l, o, t, s, a
- florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
- florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- flotsam-jetsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
- flowers of tan — a common slime mold, Fuligo septica, of the central and eastern U.S., having large sporophores and yellowish, foamy plasmodia, that during a wet growing season may spread to cover large areas of lawns, woody debris, and growing plants.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- football pools — If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- law of nations — international law.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microsoft mail — (messaging, tool) (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
- 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.
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- 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.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
- platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education