15-letter words containing f, o, r, i, c
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- 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.
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of claims — (in the US) a court that hears claims against the federal government
- court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
- cpu info center — (processor) An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- cystic fibrosis — Cystic fibrosis is a serious disease of the glands which usually affects children and can make breathing difficult.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- dichroic filter — an optical colour filter operating on the principle of wave interference between closely spaced reflecting surfaces, rather than by colour absorption
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- doctor's office — doctor's surgery
- drift indicator — an instrument that indicates the amount of drift of an aircraft.
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- editor in chief — the policy-making executive or principal editor of a publishing house, publication, etc.
- electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
- existence proof — non-constructive proof
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
- 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.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students