15-letter words containing f, a, c, e, t, s
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- edict of nantes — a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- efficient cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
- extensification — The process of making something (more) extensive.
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fire resistance — the amount of resistance of a material or construction to fire.
- first secretary — The First Secretary of the Welsh Assembly is the leader of the ruling party.
- 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.
- fission reactor — a nuclear reactor in which a fission reaction takes place
- fitness fanatic — someone who is obsessed with exercise and keeping himself or herself fit
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- francis turbine — a water turbine designed to produce high flow from a low head of pressure: used esp in hydroelectric power generation
- freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- insignificative — not expressed or denoted by external signs
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.