14-letter words containing l, e, f
- special forces — crack military team
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- successfulness — achieving or having achieved success.
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
- sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
- sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- 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.
- table football — a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball
- take sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- 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.
- teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- 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 footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- the loony left — the extreme left
- the maple leaf — the national flag of Canada, consisting of a representation of a maple leaf in red on a white central panel with a vertical red bar on either side
- the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
- 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.
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- 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.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade