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

  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
  • lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
  • master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • microsoft mail — (messaging, tool)   (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
  • microsoft word — (text, tool, product)   A popular word processor, part of the Microsoft Office suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally text-based (non-GUI) and ran under MS-DOS. Then Microsoft released Word for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0.
  • misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
  • misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • mixed foursome — a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.
  • mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
  • multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
  • myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
  • new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
  • nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
  • non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
  • non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
  • nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
  • nondiversified — Not diversified.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
  • of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
  • of set purpose — with a specific end in view
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
  • off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
  • officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
  • osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
  • out of spirits — sad; depressed
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
  • part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
  • 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.
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