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15-letter words containing f, r, e, s, t

  • preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • present oneself — to appear, esp at a specific time and place
  • present perfect — (in English) the tense form consisting of the present tense of have with a past participle and noting that the action of the verb was completed prior to the present, as I have finished.
  • press the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • prevent defense — the defensive strategy of adding a defender to prevent completion of a long pass or other long gain.
  • professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
  • quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
  • reafforestation — replanting with trees
  • reference strip — a strip of film used to help calculate and monitor the exposing and processing of photographs
  • refreshment bar — a bar or stall that offers a variety of drinks for sale
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
  • register office — building where civil records are kept
  • registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • rime suffisante — full rhyme.
  • rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
  • roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
  • round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
  • ruffle feathers — to cause upset or offence
  • saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
  • saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
  • schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
  • seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
  • securities firm — a firm that deals in securities
  • security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
  • self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-betterment — the act or process of bettering; improvement.
  • self-caricature — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • self-controlled — Someone who is self-controlled is able to not show their feelings or not do the things that their feelings make them want to do.
  • self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
  • self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
  • self-flattering — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
  • self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
  • self-generating — producing from within itself.
  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-interested — If you describe someone as self-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.
  • self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
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