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15-letter words containing f, i, l, n

  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
  • circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
  • classifications — Plural form of classification.
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
  • common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
  • cone of silence — a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
  • confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
  • confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
  • confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • configurability — The property of being configurable.
  • configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
  • decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
  • defect analysis — (programming)   Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
  • definite clause — (logic)   A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • deflection yoke — an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.
  • deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • diffrangibility — the power or capability of being diffracted
  • dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
  • distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
  • distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
  • distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
  • dryland farming — a mode of farming, practiced in regions of slight or insufficient rainfall, that relies mainly on tillage methods rendering the soil more receptive of moisture and on the selection of suitable crops.
  • dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  • embalming fluid — a liquid used to treat a dead body, which contains preservatives to retard putrefaction
  • enfant terrible — If you describe someone as an enfant terrible, you mean that they are clever but unconventional, and often cause problems or embarrassment for their friends or families.
  • exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
  • explain oneself — to make clear what one means
  • extended family — relatives
  • facile princeps — an obvious leader
  • factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • faint-heartedly — nervously
  • fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
  • falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
  • fallopian tubes — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
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