14-letter words containing o, t, f, r, s
- lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
- 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.
- 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.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- 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.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
- nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- off the charts — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- off the shears — (of a sheep) newly shorn
- on the surface — to all appearances
- open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
- 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.
- people's front — popular front.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- 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
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- potter's field — a piece of ground reserved as a burial place for strangers and the friendless poor. Matt. 27:7.
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.