14-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
- foley catheter — an indwelling catheter used for draining urine from the bladder and having an inflatable part at the bladder end that allows the tube to be kept in place for variable time periods.
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- for the better — by way of improvement
- for the moment — for now
- for the record — officially, openly
- for the use of — If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
- force of habit — behavior occurring without thought and by virtue of constant repetition; habit.
- force the pace — to adopt a high speed or rate of procedure
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortune hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortune-hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
- fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- from the floor — during the time of a game when active defense is permitted
- front of house — restaurant
- frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- geothermometer — a thermometer for measuring temperatures below the surface of the earth
- germanomethane — (chemistry) germanium tetrahydride.
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- get through to — reach: on phone
- ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.