15-letter words containing a, f, r, o, c
- 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.
- 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
- cockfight chair — a chair designed to be sat on backward, having a bell seat and a crest rail that serves as an armrest.
- 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
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- 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 fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- 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
- 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.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- 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.
- 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.
- corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
- 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
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- 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.
- cross of valour — the highest Canadian award for bravery
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.