14-letter words containing t, o, a, d
- fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- focal distance — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- foliated joint — a joint between the rabbeted and overlapping edges of two boards, forming a continuous surface on each side.
- food rationing — the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp a statutory one for civilians in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war
- 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.
- football field — ground where soccer is played
- fore-and-after — Nautical. a sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig. a beam running fore and aft across a hatchway to support hatch covers laid athwart the hatchway. a vessel having a sharp stern; a double ender.
- foreordination — previous ordination or appointment.
- forest of dean — a royal forest in Gloucestershire, in W England. About 180 sq. mi. (475 sq. km).
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- fort-de-france — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- foundation day — former name of Australia Day.
- foundationally — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationless — Without foundation; unfounded.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- front-end load — the sales commission and other fees taken out of the first year's payment under a contractual plan for purchasing shares of a mutual fund (front-end load fund) over a period of years.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
- gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- good afternoon — greeting
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
- grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.