15-letter words containing i, n, f, e, r
- free enterprise — an economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation.
- free throw line — foul line (def 2).
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- french canadian — a descendant of the early French colonists of Canada.
- french dressing — salad dressing prepared chiefly from oil, vinegar, and seasonings.
- french guianese — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french knickers — women's wide-legged underpants
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- fresh-air fiend — a person who enjoys being outdoors or having good ventilation when indoors
- fresnel biprism — biprism.
- fresnel mirrors — two plane mirrors so linked that a beam of light falling on them is reflected in slightly different directions, thus producing interference fringes in the area where this reflected light overlaps
- friar's lantern — ignis fatuus (def 1).
- friedmann model — any model of the universe deduced from a homogeneous, isotropic solution of Einstein's field equations without a cosmological constant. Such models form the mathematical basis for many modern cosmologies and provide for expansion or contraction of the universe.
- friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
- friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- fringed gentian — a plant of the genus Gentianopsis (or Gentiana), especially G. crinita, having a tubular blue corolla with four fringed petals.
- fringing forest — gallery forest.
- frozen daiquiri — a cocktail consisting of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, vigorously beaten together with finely crushed ice and served with a straw.
- full outer join — outer join
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- furniture depot — a shop that sells the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
- furniture mover — person: removal worker
- furniture store — shop: sells furnishings
- future interest — an interest in personal or real property, the possession and enjoyment of which is to commence at a later date.
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- 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.
- give the finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- 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.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- green footprint — the impact of a building on the environment
- greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
- gunnery officer — an officer in charge of heavy guns
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- in (the) future — You use in future when saying what will happen from now on, which will be different from what has previously happened. The form in the future is sometimes used instead, especially in American English.