15-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- 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.
- counterreformer — a reformer who acts in opposition to another reform
- court of honour — a military court that is instituted to investigate matters involving personal honour
- 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).
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.
- crown of thorns — a climbing spurge, Euphorbia milii splendens, of Madagascar, having stems covered with spines.
- crown-of-thorns — a starfish, Acanthaster planci, that has a spiny test and feeds on living coral in coral reefs
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- defunct process — zombie process
- 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.
- dessertspoonful — You can refer to an amount of food resting on a dessertspoon as a dessertspoonful of food.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
- differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
- disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- draughtproofing — Present participle of draughtproof.
- drift indicator — an instrument that indicates the amount of drift of an aircraft.
- editor in chief — the policy-making executive or principal editor of a publishing house, publication, etc.
- effort syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- effort-syndrome — an anxiety reaction characterized by quick fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, and other cardiac symptoms, but not caused by disease of the heart.
- electrification — The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.
- evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
- 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.
- fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- familiarisation — Alternative spelling of familiarization.
- familiarization — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- fault tolerance — (architecture) 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. The number of faults a system or component can withstand before normal operation is impaired.
- fauntleroy suit — a formal outfit for a boy composed of a hip-length jacket and knee-length pants, often in black velvet, and a wide, lacy collar and cuffs, usually worn with a broad sash at the waist and sometimes a large, loose bow at the neck, popular in the late 19th century.
- feast or famine — characterized by alternating, extremely high and low degrees of prosperity, success, volume of business, etc.: artists who lead a feast-or-famine life.