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15-letter words containing a, f, o, r, t, i

  • prefix notation — (language)   (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
  • preverification — the state of being verified.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
  • proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
  • re-notification — a formal notifying or informing.
  • reafforestation — replanting with trees
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • recertification — the act of certifying.
  • reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • refined fortran — (RF) Similar to Refined C. Research implementations only. "Refined Fortran: Another Sequential Language for Parallel Programming," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1986 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.184-191.
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • refortification — the act or state of being refortified
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
  • roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • spirits of salt — a solution of hydrochloric acid in water
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
  • starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
  • station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
  • steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strait of canso — a channel in Canada, between the Nova Scotia mainland and S Cape Breton Island
  • strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
  • strait of tiran — a strait between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Length: 16 km (10 miles). Width: 8 km (5 miles)
  • streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
  • surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
  • take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • take it from me — You can say 'take it from me' to tell someone that you are absolutely sure that what you are saying is correct, and that they should believe you.
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