15-letter words containing a, f, l
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
- churchill falls — a waterfall in E Canada, in SW Labrador on the Churchill River: site of one of the largest hydroelectric power projects in the world. Height: 75 m (245 ft)
- circular buffer — (programming) An area of memory used to store a continuous stream of data by starting again at the beginning of the buffer after reaching the end. A circular buffer is usually written by one process and read by another. Separate read and write pointers are maintained. These are not allowed to pass each other otherwise either unread data would be overwritten or invalid data would be read. A circuit may implement a hardware circular buffer.
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- classifications — Plural form of classification.
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
- colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
- conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- cost of capital — The cost of capital is how much it costs to borrow money with interest or issue securities to raise money.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- crestfallenness — the state of being crestfallen
- cross of valour — the highest Canadian award for bravery
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
- daffodil yellow — a bright yellow colour
- day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.