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

  • class conflict — conflict between different social or economic classes
  • classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
  • classificatory — the act of classifying.
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • coach transfer — a short journey by coach constituting part of a longer journey taken chiefly by a different mode of transport, esp a journey to or from an airport
  • code of ethics — an agreement on ethical standards for a profession or business
  • coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
  • come off worst — to enjoy the least benefit from an issue or be defeated in it
  • compass rafter — a rafter cut to a curve on one or both edges.
  • confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
  • confederations — Plural form of confederation.
  • configurations — Plural form of configuration.
  • conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
  • confrontations — Plural form of confrontation.
  • coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
  • copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
  • copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
  • cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • cost of living — The cost of living is the average amount of money that people in a particular place need in order to be able to afford basic food, housing, and clothing.
  • cost-effective — Something that is cost-effective saves or makes a lot of money in comparison with the costs involved.
  • cost-efficient — cost-effective.
  • counterfeiters — Plural form of counterfeiter.
  • cross software — Software developed on one kind of computer for use on another (usually because the other computer does not have itself adequate facilities for software development).
  • cross-platform — (software, hardware)   A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cut-off switch — a switch that cuts off the supply of electricity
  • defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
  • defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
  • depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • disaffiliation — The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
  • disaffirmation — The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
  • disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
  • discomfitingly — In a manner that discomfits.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
  • disinfestation — The act or process of disinfesting.
  • disinformation — false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
  • disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
  • distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
  • do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
  • do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
  • doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
  • domestic staff — servants
  • dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
  • effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • elevator shaft — passage for a lift
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