15-letter words containing c, e, r, t, i, f
- fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
- freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- imperfect-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- in deference to — out of regard or respect for (a person or the person's position or wishes)
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interferometric — Of or pertaining to interferometry or interferometers.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- linear function — linear transformation.
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- meissner effect — the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.
- member function — A method in C++.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microsoft excel — (tool) A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- noninterference — the policy or practice of refraining from interference, especially in political affairs.
- official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- passport office — an office which issues passports
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- perfectionistic — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perimeter fence — fence surrounding an area
- personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- picture-perfect — ideal in appearance,
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.