14-letter words containing f, o, c, a, l
- placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
- platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- quasi-official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- 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
- reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
- relexification — to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
- 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
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- touch football — an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- vital function — any function of the body that is essential for life.
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).