14-letter words containing s, a, n, r, f
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- isle of france — Île-de-France
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- life insurance — insurance providing for payment of a sum of money to a named beneficiary upon the death of the policyholder or to the policyholder if still living after reaching a specified age.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- on the surface — to all appearances
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- packet sniffer — (networking, tool) A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
- pan-africanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper fastener — split pin
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- press fastener — snap fastener.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- 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-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.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
- rastafarianism — a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- resinification — to convert into a resin.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.