15-letter words containing f, i
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
- future interest — an interest in personal or real property, the possession and enjoyment of which is to commence at a later date.
- fuzzy computing — fuzzy logic
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
- garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
- gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- get out of jail — to get out of a difficult situation
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gift of the gab — ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
- gift of tongues — speaking in tongues.
- give the finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- go up in flames — be burned
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
- goodness of fit — the extent to which observed sample values of a variable approximate to values derived from a theoretical density, often measured by a chi-square test
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- granitification — the process or action of forming into granite
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- green footprint — the impact of a building on the environment
- greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
- gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
- gulf of finland — an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia
- gunnery officer — an officer in charge of heavy guns
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
- half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- han unification — Han character
- hanging offence — a crime that is punishable by hanging
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
- health benefits — positive effects on health
- heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- heredo-familial — denoting a condition or disease that may be passed from generation to generation and to several members of one family
- high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.