15-letter words containing e, a, t, o, u, f
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
- football league — highest-level soccer competition
- forget about it — don't mention it, you're welcome
- formal argument — (programming) (Or "parameter") A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called. In many languages formal arguments behave like local variables which get initialised on entry. See: argument.
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- fort lauderdale — a city in SE Florida: seashore resort.
- foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
- founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
- fountain valley — a city in SW California.
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- get out of jail — to get out of a difficult situation
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- half-understood — partially understood
- hour after hour — continuously for many hours
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- joint favourite — one of two or more competitors in a race or contest that are considered equally likely to win
- latent function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
- league football — rugby league football
- linear function — linear transformation.
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- not care a fuck — not to care at all
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- part of fortune — the celestial longitude of the moon plus the celestial longitude of the ascendant minus the celestial longitude of the sun: said to connote an area of life through which one achieves emotional satisfaction.
- patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.