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15-letter words containing a, f, o, u

  • perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
  • photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
  • popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
  • posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
  • pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
  • public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
  • 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.
  • quality of life — comfort and enjoyment in one's existence
  • quality-of-life — affecting the quality of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes as fare-beating and graffiti writing.
  • quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
  • queen of heaven — a designation of the Virgin Mary.
  • 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.
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
  • sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
  • samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
  • self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • 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-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • 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-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • shut one's face — to be silent
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
  • sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
  • take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
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