14-letter words containing o, s, t, e, f
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- 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.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- 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 chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
- the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
- the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
- the reverse of — emphatically not; not at all
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
- tourist office — information centre for sightseers
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- waste of space — If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
- water softener — any of a group of substances that when added to water containing calcium and magnesium ions cause the ions to precipitate or change their usual properties: used in the purification of water for the laboratory, and for giving water more efficient sudsing ability with soap.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- yosemite falls — a series of falls in Yosemite National Park: upper falls, 1436 feet (438 meters) high; middle falls, 626 feet (190 meters) high; lower falls, 320 feet (98 meters) high. Total height (including rapids), 2526 feet (770 meters).
- zooflagellates — Plural form of zooflagellate.