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

  • fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
  • franco-american — an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
  • franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
  • fraternal order — men's organization
  • freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
  • frederic chopin — Frédéric François [fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
  • frederick northChristopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • frederick soddyFrederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
  • free atmosphere — the part of the atmosphere that lies above the frictional influence of the earth's surface.
  • free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
  • free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
  • free throw line — foul line (def 2).
  • free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
  • freedom fighter — a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.
  • freestone state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • french overture — a short piece in three movements common in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
  • french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
  • fresnel mirrors — two plane mirrors so linked that a beam of light falling on them is reflected in slightly different directions, thus producing interference fringes in the area where this reflected light overlaps
  • friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
  • 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.
  • frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
  • fringing forest — gallery forest.
  • from the get-go — If something happens or is true from the get-go, it happens or is true from the beginning of a process or activity.
  • from top to toe — You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing.
  • front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
  • frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
  • frozen daiquiri — a cocktail consisting of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, vigorously beaten together with finely crushed ice and served with a straw.
  • frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
  • full outer join — outer join
  • funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
  • funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
  • furniture depot — a shop that sells the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
  • furniture mover — person: removal worker
  • furniture store — shop: sells furnishings
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • 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.
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • godfather offer — a takeover bid pitched so high that the management of the target company is unable to dissuade shareholders from accepting it
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
  • grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
  • grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
  • grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
  • green footprint — the impact of a building on the environment
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