15-letter words containing f, a, i, n, e, t
- latent function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
- law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
- left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- linear function — linear transformation.
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- make mention of — allude to
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- metainformation — metadata
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
- neat's-foot oil — a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
- origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
- paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
- patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.