15-letter words containing f, l, o, u, r
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- irish wolfhound — one of an Irish breed of large, tall dogs having a rough, wiry coat ranging in color from white to brindle to black.
- lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- left outer join — outer join
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- lord of misrule — (in England) a person formerly chosen to direct the Christmas revels and sports.
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- more fool (you) — If you say to someone 'More fool you' when they tell you what they have done or what they plan to do, you are indicating that you think that it is silly and shows a lack of judgment.
- multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
- not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
- nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- principal focus — focal point (def 1).
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.
- rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rule one's life — If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way.
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.
- 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.