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15-letter words containing f, t, s

  • belted sandfish — a sea bass, Serranus subligarius, inhabiting warm, shallow waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • benefit society — an organization which, by means of dues, secures for its members certain benefits, such as life insurance, hospitalization, etc.
  • benefits agency — an agency that handles the payment of benefits
  • bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
  • biogasification — the conversion of organic matter into biogas.
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
  • breakfast table — You refer to a table as the breakfast table when it is being used for breakfast.
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • cadmium sulfate — a water-soluble compound, CdSO 4 , of colorless crystals, used as an antiseptic.
  • cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • calcium sulfate — Calcium sulfate is a white crystalline salt, used as a tablet diluent.
  • cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
  • carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
  • cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
  • caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
  • channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
  • city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
  • city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
  • classifications — Plural form of classification.
  • closed fracture — simple fracture.
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • come to oneself — to recover one's senses
  • 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.
  • confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
  • confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
  • confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
  • confidence test — (testing)   Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
  • confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
  • consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages
  • 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.
  • control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
  • coriolis effect — a deflection in the path of a body moving in latitude relative to the Earth when observed from the Earth. The deflection is due to the Earth's rotation and is to the east when the motion is towards a pole
  • cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
  • cost of capital — The cost of capital is how much it costs to borrow money with interest or issue securities to raise money.
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