15-letter words containing f, r, o, n
- cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
- case conference — a meeting at which all the parties involved in a medical, legal, or social work case come together to discuss it
- cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
- chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
- children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- clock frequency — clock rate
- clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- concern oneself — to busy oneself (with, about, over, in something); take an interest
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
- conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
- conference room — A conference room is a large room in a hotel where a number of people can have a conference.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- 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.
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- cornflower blue — a deep vivid blue, like that of the typical blooms of a cornflower
- 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).
- cross-reference — A cross-reference is a note in a book which tells you that there is relevant or more detailed information in another part of the book.
- crossfunctional — Spanning several functions.