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15-letter words containing f, a, l, s, i

  • crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
  • 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.
  • disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
  • distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
  • disulfuric acid — pyrosulfuric acid
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
  • explain oneself — to make clear what one means
  • 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.
  • faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • family business — company owned and run by a family
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • fantasticalness — The state or condition of being fantastical.
  • fasciolopsiasis — a parasitic disease caused by flukes of the genus Fasciolopsis and characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea: common in the Far East.
  • 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.
  • ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
  • fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
  • fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • filling station — service station (def 1).
  • fillister plane — an adjustable plane for cutting rabbets, grooves, etc
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • first world war — World War I.
  • fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
  • fit as a fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • fixed satellite — a satellite in a geostationary orbit
  • flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
  • flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
  • flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
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