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15-letter words containing f, e, a, r, l

  • puerperal fever — a systemic bacterial infection of the endometrium characterized by fever, rapid heartbeat, uterine tenderness, and malodorous discharge, chiefly occurring in women after childbirth, usually as the result of unsterile obstetric procedures.
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
  • quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
  • ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
  • rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
  • refamiliarizing — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
  • refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
  • relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
  • requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
  • reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
  • rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • ride for a fall — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • ridgefield park — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • royal air force — aerial branch of British military
  • ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
  • saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
  • sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
  • saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
  • samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
  • seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
  • self-abhorrence — a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-caricature — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • 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-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
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