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

  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
  • rip-off artist — a person who steals, cheats or swindles
  • robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
  • rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
  • saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
  • somar software — (company)   The distributors of Somar DumpAcl and other utilities for Windows NT. Address: Washington, DC, USA.
  • space platform — space station.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer
  • staffing ratio — the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
  • stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
  • state of grace — grace (def 8d).
  • steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
  • stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
  • strong forward — power forward
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • take away from — detract
  • take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
  • terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
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