15-letter words containing a, f, r, o, g, i
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- granitification — the process or action of forming into granite
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- information age — a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- lay a finger on — to harm
- lift-drag ratio — the ratio of the lift to the drag of an airfoil.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- margin of error — statistics: variance
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- negative profit — a financial loss
- organic farming — farming with organic methods
- origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
- out of training — become unfit
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- 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.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.