15-letter words containing f, a, l, s, e
- college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- crestfallenness — the state of being crestfallen
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- declare oneself — to state strongly one's opinion
- 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.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- diallyl sulfide — allyl sulfide.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- disaster relief — financial or physical help provided to people or areas hit by a disaster
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
- draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
- early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
- elephant's-foot — a monocotyledonous plant, Testudinaria elephantipes, of southern Africa, with a very large starchy tuberous stem, covered in corky scales: family Dioscoreaceae
- explain oneself — to make clear what one means
- facile princeps — an obvious leader
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- fallout shelter — protective bunker
- 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 hellebore — any of various plants belonging to the genus Veratrum, of the lily family, especially a North American species, V. viride, which has clusters of yellowish-green flowers and is the source of substances used in certain medicines and insecticides.
- false miterwort — foamflower.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- false pretenses — If you do something under false pretenses, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions.
- family business — company owned and run by a family
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
- fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
- 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 of lights — Hanukkah.
- 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.
- feel one's oats — a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- female suffrage — woman suffrage.
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- ferrous sulfate — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner