15-letter words containing f, o, t, e

the gift of gab — If someone has the gift of gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people.
the hell out of — Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.
the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
the second form — the second year of secondary school
the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
theory of games — game theory.
theory of types — a theory advanced by Bertrand Russell to avoid the liar paradox, Russell's paradox, etc, in which a class of expressions or of the entities they represent can all enter into the same syntactic relations
thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
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.
to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
to go for broke — If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
to hit the roof — If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone.
to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
to sb's defense — If you come to someone's defense, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.
tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
towers of hanoi — (games) A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
traffic offence — a violation of traffic regulations, such as breaking the speed limit
transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
transfer season — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
treaty of paris — a treaty of 1763 signed by Britain, France, and Spain that ended their involvement in the Seven Years' War
tree of sadness — night jasmine (def 1).
tree-form frame — a rigid frame having a pair of inclined girders branching from each column, as to form principals of a roof.
trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
tufted titmouse — a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.
ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
under your feet — If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.

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