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15-letter words containing c, a, l, i, f

  • infrastructural — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
  • insignificantly — Of such extremely small quantity or degree that it is not worth measuring.
  • interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
  • interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
  • intrafascicular — between the xylem and phloem elements of a vascular bundle
  • kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
  • latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
  • latent function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
  • latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
  • life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • linear function — linear transformation.
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • nonconfidential — not confidential
  • noninflectional — not inflectional
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • official family — the executives or officials chiefly responsible for the operation of an organization or government.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
  • pacific islands — a U.S. trust territory in the Pacific Ocean, comprising the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands: approved by the United Nations 1947; since 1976 constituents of the trusteeship have established or moved toward self-government. 717 sq. mi. (1857 sq. km).
  • passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
  • refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • royal air force — aerial branch of British military
  • schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
  • self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
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