15-letter words containing f, a, c, e, t, h
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- on the track of — If you are on the track of someone or something, you are trying to find them, or find information about them.
- peacock feather — a (distinctive and brightly coloured) feather from the peacock
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- see the back of — to be rid of
- shut one's face — to be silent
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
- tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).