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14-letter words containing l, f, r

  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • oil of vitriol — sulfuric acid.
  • old franconian — the Franconian language before 1100; Frankish.
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
  • oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
  • out of control — wild, unrestrained
  • over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
  • over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • oversimplified — simplified to the point of distortion or error
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
  • paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
  • parole officer — an official who supervises a prisoner who is on parole
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • party official — an official of a political party
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • peltier effect — the change in temperature of either junction of a thermocouple when a current is maintained in the thermocouple and after allowance is made for a temperature change due to resistance.
  • penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • people's front — popular front.
  • perfectibilism — the belief in the perfectibility of human nature
  • perfectibilist — (predominantly in relation to the Illuminati) a person who believes that a given thing, usually human nature, is perfectible
  • perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • platform frame — a building frame having studs only one story high, regardless of the number of stories built, each story having a box sill.
  • platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
  • play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
  • police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
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