15-letter words containing f, o, m
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- continuous-form — of or relating to paper, blank forms, checks, etc., supplied in a folded stack or roll to a device, as a computer printer, generally with perforations between sheets for later separation and often with detachable punched edges used to advance the sheets through the device.
- counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- draft-mule work — drudgery
- effort syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- effort-syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- emergency force — a group of soldiers whose job it is to respond to emergencies: for example, to keep order, or to deliver food and medical supplies in a natural disaster
- errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
- exemplification — The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
- factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
- factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
- fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
- fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
- faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
- fall cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
- fall from grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- false miterwort — foamflower.
- familiarisation — Alternative spelling of familiarization.
- familiarization — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- fanconi anaemia — a rare genetic disorder that can cause bone marrow failure, leukaemia, and tumours
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- feast-or-famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.
- ferrihemoglobin — methemoglobin.
- ferromolybdenum — a ferroalloy containing up to 60 percent molybdenum.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.