15-letter words containing a, u, t, o, f
- quality of life — comfort and enjoyment in one's existence
- quality-of-life — affecting the quality of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes as fare-beating and graffiti writing.
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
- sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- 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.
- self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- to fall foul of — If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- ultrafiltration — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unit of account — the function of money that enables the user to keep accounts, value transactions, etc
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- well-formulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason