15-letter words containing i, n, f, e
- bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
- business office — the office where the financial transactions, bookkeeping, etc. for a firm or institution are carried on
- butter-fingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
- canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
- canadian french — the French language as spoken in Canada, esp in Quebec
- cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
- capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- 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
- central african — of or relating to the Central African Republic, its inhabitants, or their language.
- 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.
- channel catfish — a food fish, Ictalurus punctatus, common in fresh waters throughout central U.S.
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- 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.
- chef de cuisine — chef (def 1).
- chef de mission — the head of a diplomatic body
- chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chewings fescue — a hardy, fine-leaved variety of fescue, Festuca rubra commutata, grown in the U.S. and New Zealand as a lawn grass.
- 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
- children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
- chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
- circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
- circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- cone of silence — a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- confidence test — (testing) Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
- confidence vote — a vote to clarify whether someone or something has the support of those present
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- contingency fee — a lawyer's fee that only becomes payable if the case is successful
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting