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15-letter words containing f, i, t, n, o, e

  • defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
  • definitive host — the organism on or in which a parasite lives in the adult stage
  • 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.
  • defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
  • demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
  • demythification — the act of demythifying
  • denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • dezincification — removal of zinc.
  • differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
  • differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
  • dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
  • disaffectionate — not affectionate
  • disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • edict of nantes — a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
  • editor in chief — the policy-making executive or principal editor of a publishing house, publication, etc.
  • electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
  • existence proof — non-constructive proof
  • extensification — The process of making something (more) extensive.
  • fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • 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.
  • faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
  • 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.
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • fatal exception — (programming, operating system)   A program execution error which is trapped by the operating system and which results in abrupt termination of the program. It may be possible for the program to catch some such errors, e.g. a floating point underflow; others, such as an invalid memory access (an attempt to write to read-only memory or an attempt to read memory outside of the program's address space), may always cause control to pass to the operating system without allowing the program an opportunity to handle the error. The details depend on the language's run-time system and the operating system. See also: fatal error.
  • fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
  • feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
  • feast-or-famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
  • fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
  • field woundwort — the plant Stachys arvensis
  • fifth dimension — a theoretical dimension beyond or in addition to a fourth dimension.
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • find one's feet — to become capable or confident, as in a new job
  • fine-tooth comb — a comb having narrow, closely set teeth.
  • finger-pointing — the imputation of blame or responsibility.
  • finite automata — Finite State Machine
  • fire prevention — safety measures to decrease fire risk
  • fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
  • fire-and-forget — used to describe a type of missile that, once fired, is able to guide itself to its target
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