15-letter words containing a, l, o, u, e
- flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
- flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
- flapping router — (networking) A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
- flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
- flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
- flirtatiousness — The quality of being flirtatious.
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- football league — highest-level soccer competition
- 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 rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- fort lauderdale — a city in SE Florida: seashore resort.
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- full-moon maple — Japanese maple.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- 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.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- general journal — A general journal is a journal recording all of the transactions of a business.
- general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
- get out of jail — to get out of a difficult situation
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- 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.
- go up in flames — be burned
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- guerrilla group — an organized group of guerrillas
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena