15-letter words containing f, e, r, o, l
- 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.
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
- full outer join — outer join
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- 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
- 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.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- 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
- heterofullerene — (chemistry) Any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom.
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- 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.”.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
- inflation rider — An inflation rider is a rider that can be added to a long-term care insurance plan that adjusts the benefits over time to allow for inflation.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
- lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
- law-enforcement — of police, anti-crime
- lay a finger on — to harm
- leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
- leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
- left outer join — outer join
- legacy software — legacy system
- legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
- legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linear manifold — subspace (def 2b).