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15-letter words containing f, e, d, l

  • flinders island — an island off the coast of NE Tasmania: the largest of the Furneaux Islands. Pop: 850 (2004 est). Area: 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
  • floods of tears — If you say that someone was in floods of tears or in a flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset.
  • florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • food supplement — a substance designed to make up for a deficiency in one's diet
  • food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
  • fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fort lauderdale — a city in SE Florida: seashore resort.
  • forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
  • fraternal order — men's organization
  • free-tailed bat — any of various small, swift, insect-eating bats of the family Molossidae, common in warm climates, having thick, leathery ears and a tail that projects well beyond the tail membrane.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
  • friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
  • frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • fundamental law — the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
  • fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
  • fundamentalness — The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
  • grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
  • greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
  • half-remembered — (of a memory, idea, etc) partially remembered or recalled
  • half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
  • half-understood — partially understood
  • halfheartedness — The characteristic of being half-hearted.
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • heredo-familial — denoting a condition or disease that may be passed from generation to generation and to several members of one family
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
  • hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
  • identifiability — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
  • in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
  • in line of duty — in the performance of authorized or prescribed military duty
  • indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
  • indefectibility — The quality of being indefectible.
  • indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
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