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

  • frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
  • franklin pierceFranklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
  • franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • franz ferdinand — Francis Ferdinand.
  • franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
  • fraternal twins — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
  • frederic chopin — Frédéric François [fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
  • frederick henry — 1584–1647, prince of Orange and count of Nassau; son of William (I) the Silent
  • frederick northChristopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • 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).
  • friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
  • 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.
  • frisian carving — geometrical incised carving.
  • frisian islands — a chain of islands in the North Sea along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark: separated from the mainland by shallows
  • 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.
  • fructifications — Plural form of fructification.
  • 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
  • futilitarianism — The belief that all human activity is futile.
  • 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
  • gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
  • garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
  • 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.
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