15-letter words containing f, u, g, i, n
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- non-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- office building — building containing offices
- out of training — become unfit
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
- qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- self-fulfilling — characterized by or bringing about self-fulfillment.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
- self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-sustaining — self-supporting.
- single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.