15-letter words containing a, f, r, o, s

hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
jeffersonianism — pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society.
john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
kidasa software — (company) A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
land of promise — Promised Land.
law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
legacy software — legacy system
liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
long-sufferance — long-suffering.
low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
make tracks for — to go or head towards
man of his word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.
marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
microsoft basic — (language) (MS-BASIC) A dialect of BASIC from Microsoft, originally developed by Bill Gates in a garage back in the CP/M days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the MS-DOS operating system came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a screen editor and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus source code could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Version 1.1 produced stand-alone executables and could display graphics.
mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
nest of drawers — a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.
nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
nonprofessorial — not professorial
nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
of sorts/a sort — If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard.
off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
passport office — an office which issues passports

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