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14-letter words containing f, o, r, e, s

  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
  • raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • recessionproof — not susceptible to an economic recession: a recessionproof economy; He wants a long-term contract to make his job recessionproof.
  • reflectionless — unable to reflect, not possessing a reflection
  • reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
  • reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
  • refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
  • regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
  • reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
  • repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
  • resinification — to convert into a resin.
  • rest of esther — a book of the Old Testament Apocrypha consisting of verses in the Septuagint text of the book of Esther that are not in the Hebrew text
  • restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
  • rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
  • ross ice shelf — an ice barrier filling the S part of the Ross Sea.
  • rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
  • saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • sea of marmara — a deep inland sea in NW Turkey, linked with the Black Sea by the Bosporus and with the Aegean by the Dardanelles: separates Turkey in Europe from Turkey in Asia. Area: 11 471 sq km (4429 sq miles)
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
  • self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
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