14-letter words containing y, t, r, i, f
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
- injury benefit — money paid to someone who has sustained an injury
- interferometry — Optics. a device that separates a beam of light into two ray beams, usually by means of reflection, and that brings the rays together to produce interference, used to measure wavelength, index of refraction, and astronomical distances.
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- 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.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
- merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- non-conformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- party official — an official of a political party
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perfectibility — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
- referentiality — the quality or state of being referential or containing references
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- unartificially — in an unartificial manner