15-letter words containing e, f, r, v, s
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- affirmativeness — The property of being affirmative.
- aftershave balm — a soothing lotion for application to the face after shaving
- belief revision — (artificial intelligence) The area of theory change in which preservation of the information in the theory to be changed plays a key role. A fundamental issue in belief revision is how to decide what information to retract in order to maintain consistency, when the addition of a new belief to a theory would make it inconsistent. Usually, an ordering on the sentences of the theory is used to determine priorities among sentences, so that those with lower priority can be retracted. This ordering can be difficult to generate and maintain. The postulates of the AGM Theory for Belief Revision describe minimal properties a revision process should have.
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
- fee-for-service — pertaining to the charging of fees for specific services rendered in health care, as distinguished from participating in a prepaid medical practice: fee-for-service medicine.
- 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.
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
- flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
- 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.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- informativeness — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- jefferson davis — Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect.
- law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
- leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
- prevent defense — the defensive strategy of adding a defender to prevent completion of a long pass or other long gain.
- relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- reserve officer — a noncareer commissioned officer in a military reserve unit who has served on active duty and who may be recalled to active service during an emergency.
- reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
- self-expressive — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
- self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
- self-reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
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