15-letter words containing f, e, a, l, i
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- cheval de frise — a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
- cheval-de-frise — a portable barrier of spikes, sword blades, etc, used to obstruct the passage of cavalry
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
- circular buffer — (programming) An area of memory used to store a continuous stream of data by starting again at the beginning of the buffer after reaching the end. A circular buffer is usually written by one process and read by another. Separate read and write pointers are maintained. These are not allowed to pass each other otherwise either unread data would be overwritten or invalid data would be read. A circuit may implement a hardware circular buffer.
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
- common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
- 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
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- 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.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- daffodil yellow — a bright yellow colour
- decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
- deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
- 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.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- 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.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- 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.
- 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.
- embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
- 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.
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- explain oneself — to make clear what one means
- extended family — relatives
- facile princeps — an obvious leader
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- faint-heartedly — nervously
- 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.
- falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
- 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.
- family business — company owned and run by a family
- family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.