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15-letter words containing e, f, o, r

  • confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
  • confederate war — the American Civil War.
  • conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
  • conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
  • conference room — A conference room is a large room in a hotel where a number of people can have a conference.
  • conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
  • confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
  • contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
  • counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
  • counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
  • course of study — an extended period of organized study, often leading to a qualification
  • court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • court of arches — the court of appeal of the Province of Canterbury, formerly held under the arches of Bow Church
  • court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
  • court of record — a court which has a permanent record of its proceedings maintained
  • cpu info center — (processor)   An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
  • cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
  • crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
  • cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
  • cross-reference — A cross-reference is a note in a book which tells you that there is relevant or more detailed information in another part of the book.
  • crown-of-jewels — an annual herb, Lopezia coronata, of Mexico, having lilac-colored flowers with a red base.
  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
  • cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
  • day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
  • decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
  • declare oneself — to state strongly one's opinion
  • deferred period — The deferred period is the period of time from when a person has become unable to work until the time that the benefit begins to be paid.
  • deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
  • defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
  • defunct process — zombie process
  • degree of curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
  • denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • dessertspoonful — You can refer to an amount of food resting on a dessertspoon as a dessertspoonful of food.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • dichroic filter — an optical colour filter operating on the principle of wave interference between closely spaced reflecting surfaces, rather than by colour absorption
  • differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
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