15-letter words containing f, o, c, a, l
- shockwave flash — flash
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- traffic control — management of road use
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- welfare officer — a person who gives people help and advice