15-letter words containing a, t, f
- confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- cost of capital — The cost of capital is how much it costs to borrow money with interest or issue securities to raise money.
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- court of arches — the court of appeal of the Province of Canterbury, formerly held under the arches of Bow Church
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- credit transfer — A credit transfer is a direct payment of money from one bank account into another.
- crestfallenness — the state of being crestfallen
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- current affairs — If you refer to current affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- day of the dead — an annual celebration to honor the spirits of the dead, observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries on November 1 and 2, concurrently with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
- day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
- deacidification — a procedure that is carried out to lessen the level of acid present in paper
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
- debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
- decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- dedifferentiate — to undergo the process of dedifferentiation
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- dezincification — removal of zinc.
- differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.