15-letter words containing c, o, e, f
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- 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.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.
- tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
- traffic offence — a violation of traffic regulations, such as breaking the speed limit
- transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
- 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.
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- warrant officer — (in the U.S. Armed Forces) an officer of one of four grades ranking above enlisted personnel and below commissioned officers.
- welfare officer — a person who gives people help and advice
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- yeast infection — candida: genital inflammation