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15-letter words containing a, l, f, r, n

  • flinders island — an island off the coast of NE Tasmania: the largest of the Furneaux Islands. Pop: 850 (2004 est). Area: 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
  • flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
  • floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
  • flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
  • fluoridationist — One who supports the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
  • football ground — an area of land where football games are played
  • fore-topgallant — being a sail, yard, or rigging belonging to a fore-topgallant mast.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • formal argument — (programming)   (Or "parameter") A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called. In many languages formal arguments behave like local variables which get initialised on entry. See: argument.
  • formal language — correct or polite words and phrases
  • formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
  • formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
  • formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
  • forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
  • forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
  • fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
  • franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
  • franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • fraternal order — men's organization
  • fraternal twins — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
  • free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
  • friar's lantern — ignis fatuus (def 1).
  • friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • frisian islands — a chain of islands in the North Sea along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark: separated from the mainland by shallows
  • frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
  • funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
  • funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
  • gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
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