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15-letter words containing f, l, u, o

  • question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
  • 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-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • 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.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
  • silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • sodium fluoride — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.
  • soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
  • specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
  • st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
  • strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
  • sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
  • summer flounder — a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.
  • sunflower seeds — the seeds of a sunflower, which can be eaten
  • sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • superfluousness — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
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