15-letter words containing i, n, f, e, r

reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
refortification — the act or state of being refortified
refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
reign of terror — a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.
relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
relief-printing — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
religion of chi — /ki:/ [Case Western Reserve University] Yet another hackish parody religion (see also Church of the SubGenius, Discordianism). In the mid-70s, the canonical "Introduction to Programming" courses at CWRU were taught in ALGOL, and student exercises were punched on cards and run on a Univac 1108 system using a homebrew operating system named CHI. The religion had no doctrines and but one ritual: whenever the worshipper noted that a digital clock read 11:08, he or she would recite the phrase "It is 11:08; ABS, ALPHABETIC, ARCSIN, ARCCOS, ARCTAN." The last five words were the first five functions in the appropriate chapter of the ALGOL manual; note the special pronunciations /obz/ and /ark'sin/ rather than the more common /ahbz/ and /ark'si:n/. Using an alarm clock to warn of 11:08's arrival was considered harmful.
requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
respecification — the act of specifying.
retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
retroreflection — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
riemann surface — a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.
right-of-center — holding conservative views in politics; right-wing.
right-of-centre — You can describe a person or political party as right-of-centre if they have political views which are closer to capitalism and conservatism than to socialism but which are not very extreme.
rime suffisante — full rhyme.
roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
ronne ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in SW Weddell Sea, bordered by Ellsworth Land on the NW and Berkner Island on the E.
round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
rule one's life — If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way.
run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
run-of-the-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
self-energizing — giving rise to energy or power from within itself or oneself; capable of generating energy or power automatically.
self-enrichment — an act of enriching.
self-expression — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
self-flattering — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
self-generating — producing from within itself.
self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
self-interested — If you describe someone as self-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.
self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
self-oppression — the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc.
self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.

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