15-letter words containing a, n, t, o, f, g
- 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 for a burton — to be broken, useless, or lost
- 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.
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- granitification — the process or action of forming into granite
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
- half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
- 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.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- 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.
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- 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.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- negative profit — a financial loss
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- 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
- 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.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- 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.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- 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
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason