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15-letter words containing f, e, t, o

  • bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • breach of faith — a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith.
  • breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
  • britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • caffe macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • closed fracture — simple fracture.
  • code of conduct — The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization.
  • coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
  • cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
  • collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • come to oneself — to recover one's senses
  • comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
  • confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
  • confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
  • confederate war — the American Civil War.
  • confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
  • confidence test — (testing)   Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
  • confidence vote — a vote to clarify whether someone or something has the support of those present
  • confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • contingency fee — a lawyer's fee that only becomes payable if the case is successful
  • contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
  • contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
  • counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
  • counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
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