15-letter words containing a, t, f, i
- belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
- benefit payment — a payment of money by the government to people who are ill, unemployed, poor or who have children
- benefits agency — an agency that handles the payment of benefits
- biogasification — the conversion of organic matter into biogas.
- bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
- board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
- bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
- branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
- breach of faith — a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith.
- bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
- britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)
- butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
- cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
- cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
- caffe macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- calcium sulfate — Calcium sulfate is a white crystalline salt, used as a tablet diluent.
- calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
- canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
- cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
- capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- carbon fixation — the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
- carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
- central african — of or relating to the Central African Republic, its inhabitants, or their language.
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- classifications — Plural form of classification.
- clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
- cockfight chair — a chair designed to be sat on backward, having a bell seat and a crest rail that serves as an armrest.
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.