15-letter words containing l, a, f, o, n, t
- not the half of — only a small part of
- olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
- on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- 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.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- 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.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- 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.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- traffic control — management of road use
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.