14-letter words containing o, f, t, r
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
- in the forties — between 40 and 49 degrees in temperature
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- inertial force — an imaginary force which an accelerated observer postulates so that he can use the equations appropriate to an inertial observer
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- infection rate — the rate at which a disease is spread among people
- inferior court — a court of limited jurisdiction
- inferoanterior — below and in front.
- inflammatories — Plural form of inflammatory.
- inflation rate — economy: price increase
- infratentorial — (anatomy) refers to a location below the tentorium cerebelli.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- interferometer — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- left-of-center — holding liberal views in politics; left-wing.
- left-of-centre — Left-of-centre people or political parties support political ideas which are closer to socialism than to capitalism.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- long-forgotten — belonging to the past; no longer remembered
- lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- man of letters — highly educated man
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- master of arts — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the humanities or social sciences.
- matter-of-fact — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- microsoft mail — (messaging, tool) (MS Mail) A Microsoft Windows electronic mail program.
- microsoft word — (text, tool, product) A popular word processor, part of the Microsoft Office suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally text-based (non-GUI) and ran under MS-DOS. Then Microsoft released Word for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.