15-letter words containing f, i, c, o
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- irrespective of — regardless of sth
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
- latent function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized.
- latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
- medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
- member function — A method in C++.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
- micromicrofarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
- microsoft basic — (language) (MS-BASIC) A dialect of BASIC from Microsoft, originally developed by Bill Gates in a garage back in the CP/M days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the MS-DOS operating system came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a screen editor and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus source code could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Version 1.1 produced stand-alone executables and could display graphics.
- microsoft excel — (tool) A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- multifunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nanofabrication — the design and manufacture of products and structures, especially electronic devices, with dimensions measured in nanometers.
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- nitrochloroform — chloropicrin.
- non-beneficence — the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
- non-conflicting — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- non-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- nonconfidential — not confidential
- nonconformities — Plural form of nonconformity.
- noninflectional — not inflectional
- noninterference — the policy or practice of refraining from interference, especially in political affairs.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- objectification — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.