15-letter words containing f, i, d, l
- self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
- sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
- shield of david — a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
- sodium fluoride — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.
- soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- sulfanilic acid — a grayish-white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, the para form of C 6 H 7 NO 3 S, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- time and a half — a rate of pay for overtime work equal to one and one half times the regular hourly wage.
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- well-identified — 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.
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
- winter flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)