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15-letter words containing f, a, s, t

  • nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
  • of sorts/a sort — If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • passport office — an office which issues passports
  • 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.
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • 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.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • 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
  • potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
  • pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • 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.
  • propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
  • 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.
  • ratafia biscuit — a macaroon.
  • 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
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rime suffisante — full rhyme.
  • rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
  • roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
  • ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
  • 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
  • saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
  • sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
  • 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
  • seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
  • see the back of — to be rid of
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