15-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t, l
- formation fluid — Formation fluid is fluid in the pores (=tiny holes) of a rock.
- formation rules — the set of rules that specify the syntax of a formal system; the algorithm that generates the well-formed formulae
- formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
- 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
- fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
- fraternal order — men's organization
- 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 throw line — foul line (def 2).
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- full outer join — outer join
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
- 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.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- 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.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
- gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
- half-understood — partially understood
- heterofullerene — (chemistry) Any compound formally derived from a fullerene by replacing one or more carbon atom by a heteroatom.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- 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.
- inflation-proof — not affected by inflation
- informationally — In an informational manner.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interreflection — The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources.
- irvine dataflow — (language) (Always called "Id") A non-strict, single assignment language and incremental compiler developed by Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's Tagged-Token Dataflow Architecture and planned to be used on Motorola's Monsoon. See also Id Nouveau.
- law-enforcement — of police, anti-crime
- left outer join — outer join
- legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- linear function — linear transformation.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
- microfiltration — Filtration through a microporous membrane.
- national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
- nitrochloroform — chloropicrin.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
- noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
- nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
- norfolk terrier — one of an English breed of small short-legged hunting terriers having a straight, wiry, red, black and tan, or grizzle coat, and dropped ears that distinguish it from the Norwich terrier.