14-letter words containing l, e, a, f, t, r
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- space platform — space station.
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transferential — of, relating to, or involving transference.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- undulant fever — brucellosis.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
- untransferable — not able to be transferred
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.