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15-letter words containing f, o, r, a, y

  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
  • informationally — In an informational manner.
  • irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • lay a finger on — to harm
  • leadwort family — the plant family Plumbaginaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants of seacoasts and semiarid regions, having basal or alternate leaves, spikelike clusters of tubular flowers, and dry, one-seeded fruit, and including leadwort, sea lavender, statice, and thrift.
  • legacy software — legacy system
  • make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
  • noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • 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
  • primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
  • profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
  • radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • royal air force — aerial branch of British military
  • say a few words — to give a brief speech
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
  • tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
  • theory of games — game theory.
  • treaty of paris — a treaty of 1763 signed by Britain, France, and Spain that ended their involvement in the Seven Years' War
  • unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • wolf-rayet star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
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