15-letter words containing c, o, r, f, u
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- principal focus — focal point (def 1).
- 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
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
- 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
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- 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.
- 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
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
- turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.