15-letter words containing c, i, f
- man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- marie de france — flourished 12th century, French poet in England.
- medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
- meissner effect — the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.
- member function — A method in C++.
- michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
- micromicrofarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
- microsoft basic — (language) (MS-BASIC) A dialect of BASIC from Microsoft, originally developed by Bill Gates in a garage back in the CP/M days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the MS-DOS operating system came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a screen editor and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus source code could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Version 1.1 produced stand-alone executables and could display graphics.
- microsoft excel — (tool) A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
- 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.
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nanofabrication — the design and manufacture of products and structures, especially electronic devices, with dimensions measured in nanometers.
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- nitrochloroform — chloropicrin.
- non-beneficence — the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
- non-conflicting — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- non-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- noninterference — the policy or practice of refraining from interference, especially in political affairs.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- of one's choice — The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose.
- office building — building containing offices
- office politics — power play in the workplace
- officer of arms — an officer with the duties of a herald, especially one charged with the devising, granting, or confirming of armorial bearings.
- 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
- oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
- orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
- organic farming — farming with organic methods
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- oval of cassini — the locus of a point such that the product of the distances from the point to two fixed points is constant.
- over-confidence — too confident.
- overconfidently — In an overconfident manner.
- 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).