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

  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • 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.
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
  • self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • 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-assertive — 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-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
  • 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.
  • self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
  • self-slaughter — suicide.
  • self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
  • 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 sergeant — U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
  • 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
  • store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
  • 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.
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