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15-letter words containing a, c, e, s, l

  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
  • false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
  • false pretences — fraud, deception
  • fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
  • ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
  • fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • general science — basic science taught as a school subject
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • half-successful — achieving or having achieved success.
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hard-shell clam — quahog.
  • hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
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