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14-letter words containing l, a, t, r, o

  • fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
  • foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
  • foot patrolman — a policeman assigned to patrol a particular area on foot
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • fort mcclellan — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Alabama, NE of Anniston.
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
  • frenet formula — one of a set of formulas for finding the curvature and torsion of a plane or space curve in terms of vectors tangent or normal to the curve.
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
  • frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
  • frontotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes.
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
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