15-letter words containing f, i, g, u, r
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.