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

  • strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
  • streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
  • stress fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
  • 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.
  • syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
  • take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • take it from me — You can say 'take it from me' to tell someone that you are absolutely sure that what you are saying is correct, and that they should believe you.
  • tar and feather — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
  • tariff barriers — a barrier to trade between certain countries or geographical areas which takes the form of abnormally high taxes levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
  • tax certificate — a document issued to the purchaser of property sold for unpaid taxes attesting to the holder's right to eventual receipt of the title deed.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • telesales staff — the members of a company's staff that deal with telesales
  • tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the first-named — something that is specified or named first
  • the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
  • the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
  • theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • theory of games — game theory.
  • three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
  • tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
  • ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
  • tiffany setting — a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.
  • time after time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
  • to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
  • to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
  • toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • track and field — athletics events
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