15-letter words containing c, i, t, r, e
- extrajudicially — Outside of the legal system.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extreme unction — Catholicism: last rites
- extrinsicalness — Quality of being extrinsical.
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- feature article — a feature article in a newspaper or magazine deals in depth with a topic or person
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- fighting french — Free French.
- file descriptor — (programming, operating system) An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
- fire resistance — the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.
- first principle — any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.
- first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
- first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
- fission reactor — a nuclear reactor in which a fission reaction takes place
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- flight recorder — an electronic device aboard an aircraft that automatically records some aspects of the aircraft's performance in flight.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- for a certainty — without doubt
- force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
- forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law
- formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
- freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.