14-letter words containing f, o
- roll of honour — A roll of honour is a list of the names of people who are admired or respected for something they have done, such as doing very well in a sport or exam.
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- 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.
- route flapping — flapping router
- ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
- rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
- rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
- 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.
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- safe and sound — unharmed and well
- safe as houses — If you say that something or someone is as safe as houses, you mean that they are completely safe.
- 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.
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- 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.
- 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.
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- sea of galilee — a lake in NE Israel, 209 m (686 ft) below sea level, through which the River Jordan flows. Area: 165 sq km (64 sq miles)
- 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)
- sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
- sean o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
- self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.