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14-letter words containing i, n, f, r, e

  • revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
  • reverification — the act of verifying.
  • revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • 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.
  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • sorting office — postal
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
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