14-letter words containing f, r, a, d
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- so far so good — all is well up to this point
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- strong forward — power forward
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- 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.
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- traffic-jammed — jam1 (def 16).
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- uncertificated — a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
- unconfederated — not allied to a confederation or joined in confederacy
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underqualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unmanufactured — (of a product, commodity, etc) not manufactured
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.