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

  • 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.
  • 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 sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
  • space platform — space station.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • temperamentful — full of temperament
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
  • traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
  • traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
  • transferential — of, relating to, or involving transference.
  • trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
  • turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
  • twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
  • ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
  • ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
  • underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
  • undulant fever — brucellosis.
  • unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
  • unlawful entry — clandestine, forced, or fraudulent entry into a premises, without the permission of its owner or occupant
  • unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
  • unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
  • untransferable — not able to be transferred
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • villari effect — the change in magnetic induction that takes place in certain substances when subjected to longitudinal stress.
  • visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • waxleaf privet — an evergreen shrub, Ligustrum japonicum, native to Japan and Korea, having leathery leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
  • welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
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