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15-letter words containing f, a, i, r

  • disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
  • disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
  • disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
  • dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
  • disulfuric acid — pyrosulfuric acid
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
  • donnybrook fair — a fair which until 1855 was held annually at Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland, and which was famous for rioting and dissipation.
  • draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
  • drift indicator — an instrument that indicates the amount of drift of an aircraft.
  • drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
  • dryland farming — a mode of farming, practiced in regions of slight or insufficient rainfall, that relies mainly on tillage methods rendering the soil more receptive of moisture and on the selection of suitable crops.
  • dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
  • early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
  • electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  • enfant terrible — If you describe someone as an enfant terrible, you mean that they are clever but unconventional, and often cause problems or embarrassment for their friends or families.
  • enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
  • facile princeps — an obvious leader
  • factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • faint-heartedly — nervously
  • fair and square — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
  • fair-haired boy — having light-colored hair.
  • fairy footsteps — heavy footsteps
  • fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
  • fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
  • faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
  • falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
  • false miterwort — foamflower.
  • familiar spirit — a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form, supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc
  • familiarisation — Alternative spelling of familiarization.
  • familiarization — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • farm gate price — the price for the sale of farm produce direct from the producer
  • fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
  • feast-or-famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
  • feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
  • featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
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