15-letter words containing c, s, f
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- foolscap octavo — a book size, 41⁄4 by 63⁄4 inches
- foolscap quarto — a book size, 63⁄4 by 81⁄2 inches (foolscap quarto)
- force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- foreign service — a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries.
- forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law
- formal calculus — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- 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 bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
- freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
- french dressing — salad dressing prepared chiefly from oil, vinegar, and seasonings.
- french guianese — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french knickers — women's wide-legged underpants
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
- frisian carving — geometrical incised carving.
- fructifications — Plural form of fructification.
- functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- half-successful — achieving or having achieved success.
- hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- infrastructural — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- insignificantly — Of such extremely small quantity or degree that it is not worth measuring.
- insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
- insufficiencies — Plural form of insufficiency.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.