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14-letter words containing f, o, r, g

  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
  • rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
  • 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
  • regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
  • rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • 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-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-operating — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • sigh of relief — audible breath when difficulty is over
  • so far so good — all is well up to this point
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sorting office — postal
  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • state of grace — grace (def 8d).
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • strong forward — power forward
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
  • sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
  • women's refuge — a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors
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