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15-letter words containing c, r, a, f, t

  • disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
  • dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • drift indicator — an instrument that indicates the amount of drift of an aircraft.
  • drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
  • electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  • enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
  • fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
  • factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
  • false pretences — fraud, deception
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
  • fault tolerance — (architecture)   1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
  • 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
  • feelgood factor — When journalists refer to the feelgood factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
  • fellow creature — a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.
  • ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
  • fetch and carry — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
  • 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
  • fire resistance — the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.
  • 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
  • flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • 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.
  • foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
  • for a certainty — without doubt
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
  • 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
  • four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
  • fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
  • 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
  • fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
  • 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
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