14-letter words containing f, r, a, t, e, n
- good afternoon — greeting
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- inferoanterior — below and in front.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflation rate — economy: price increase
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
- interferential — of or relating to interference.
- interfibrillar — situated between fibrils.
- interfraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- internet-draft — (I-D) A draft working document of the Internet Engineering Task Force, its Areas, and its Working Groups. As the name implies, Internet-Drafts are purely discussion documents with no formal status. They are valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. Very often, an I-D is a precursor to a Request For Comments.
- leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- man of letters — highly educated man
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
- non-fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nonforfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
- of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
- on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls