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15-letter words containing a, f, r, e

  • cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
  • day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
  • decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
  • declare oneself — to state strongly one's opinion
  • dedifferentiate — to undergo the process of dedifferentiation
  • deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
  • deferred charge — an expenditure shown as a cost of operation carried forward and written off in one or more future periods.
  • deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
  • defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
  • democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
  • denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
  • differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
  • differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
  • diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
  • diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
  • disaster relief — financial or physical help provided to people or areas hit by a disaster
  • disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
  • disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
  • dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
  • draft-mule work — drudgery
  • drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
  • early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
  • electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  • enfant terrible — If you describe someone as an enfant terrible, you mean that they are clever but unconventional, and often cause problems or embarrassment for their friends or families.
  • enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
  • facile princeps — an obvious leader
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • faint-heartedly — nervously
  • fair and square — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
  • fair-haired boy — having light-colored hair.
  • fairy footsteps — heavy footsteps
  • fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
  • fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
  • faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
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