15-letter words containing f, o, r, e, a, n
- for some reason — for an unknown reason
- for their pains — You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
- fore-topgallant — being a sail, yard, or rigging belonging to a fore-topgallant mast.
- forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
- foreign affairs — politics: international relations
- forest of arden — a region of N Warwickshire, part of a former forest: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It
- formal argument — (programming) (Or "parameter") A name in a function or subroutine definition that is replaced by, or bound to, the corresponding actual argument when the function or subroutine is called. In many languages formal arguments behave like local variables which get initialised on entry. See: argument.
- formal language — correct or polite words and phrases
- formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
- founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
- franco-american — an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
- franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
- fraternal order — men's organization
- freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
- free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
- free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
- freestone state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- frozen daiquiri — a cocktail consisting of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, vigorously beaten together with finely crushed ice and served with a straw.
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
- inflation rider — An inflation rider is a rider that can be added to a long-term care insurance plan that adjusts the benefits over time to allow for inflation.
- information age — a period beginning about 1975 and characterized by the gathering and almost instantaneous transmission of vast amounts of information and by the rise of information-based industries.