15-letter words containing a, f, o, r, e
- calcareous tufa — tufa
- california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
- calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
- canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
- cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
- caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
- cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
- careers officer — a person trained in giving vocational advice, esp to school leavers
- case conference — a meeting at which all the parties involved in a medical, legal, or social work case come together to discuss it
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- cauliflower ear — permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
- cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
- cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- 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
- come up for air — rise to water's surface
- 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.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
- conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- 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.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- 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 arches — the court of appeal of the Province of Canterbury, formerly held under the arches of Bow Church
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers