14-letter words containing r, e, g, i, f, t
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- route flapping — flapping router
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sorting office — postal
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
- 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
- trigger finger — any finger, usually the forefinger, that presses the trigger of a gun.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- wriggle out of — evade: a duty