15-letter words containing f, a, n, t, s
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- 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.
- pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- reafforestation — replanting with trees
- refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- rime suffisante — full rhyme.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- saffron strands — the dried stigmas of the saffron, which are then crushed into powder to flavour or colour food
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scientific name — Latin term for sth
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-afflicting — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- self-analytical — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
- self-assessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
- self-banishment — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-debasement — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-effacement — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-flattering — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
- self-generating — producing from within itself.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
- self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
- self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- self-initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.