15-letter words containing f, l, o, r, a, g
- lay a finger on — to harm
- leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
- leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
- legacy software — legacy system
- lift-drag ratio — the ratio of the lift to the drag of an airfoil.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- 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-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
- to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- wager of battle — (in medieval Britain) a pledge to do battle for a cause, esp to decide guilt or innocence by single combat
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason