15-letter words containing f, i, s, h, c
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- is that a fact? — You say is that a fact? as a response to a statement which you find surprising, interesting, or unlikely.
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- of one's choice — The thing or person of your choice is the one that you choose.
- oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- ronne ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E.
- rose of jericho — an Asian plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, of the mustard family, which, after drying and curling up, expands when moistened.
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
- self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
- specific charge — the ratio of the charge on a particle to the mass of the particle.
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).