14-letter words containing f, u, n, t
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
- preunification — of the period before unification
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- quinquefoliate — (of leaves) having or consisting of five leaflets
- quizzification — mockery
- rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- remanufacturer — a company or industry that engages in making an existing product new again
- respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- route flapping — flapping router
- 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.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- snap out of it — return quickly to normal
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.