15-letter words containing c, o, f, u, n
- proper function — eigenfunction.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put into effect — law, rule: enforce
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- 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-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- 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.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
- 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.
- unit of account — the function of money that enables the user to keep accounts, value transactions, etc
- 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.
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.