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14-letter words containing l, f, r, i, c

  • electric fence — a fence with an electric current in it, typically used to keep cattle in a field
  • electric field — a field of force surrounding a charged particle within which another charged particle experiences a force
  • electrifyingly — In an electrifying manner.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electroforming — a process used to create a metallic object by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
  • enforceability — The quality of being enforceable.
  • ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
  • false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
  • fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
  • ferroelectrics — Plural form of ferroelectric.
  • fertility cult — a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
  • fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  • fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
  • field exercise — a military exercise in which mock warfare is staged between two forces.
  • field of force — the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it
  • fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
  • film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
  • financial year — law: annual accounting period
  • first classman — a fourth-year student at a U.S. military academy.
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
  • firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
  • flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • fluoboric acid — a clear, colorless liquid, HBF 4 , that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.
  • fluorochemical — a chemical compound containing fluorine.
  • flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
  • flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • for all i care — I am completely indifferent
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
  • forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
  • fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
  • fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
  • friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
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