15-letter words containing i, s, o, c, r, a
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- eric conspiracy — (person, humour) A shadowy group of moustachioed hackers named Eric first pinpointed as a sinister conspiracy by an infamous talk.bizarre posting ca. 1986. This was doubtless influenced by the numerous "Eric" jokes in the Monty Python oeuvre. There do indeed seem to be considerably more moustachioed Erics in hackerdom than the frequency of these three traits can account for unless they are correlated in some arcane way. Well-known examples include Eric Allman (of the "Allman style" described under indent style), Erik Fair (co-author of NNTP), Eric S. Raymond and about fifteen others. The organisation line "Eric Conspiracy Secret Laboratories" now emanates regularly from more than one site.
- eric s. raymond — (person) One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
- eta abstraction — eta conversion
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
- excursion train — a train that is laid on for a special occasion such as a sports or cultural event
- fabric softener — a substance added to fabrics during laundering to make them puffier and softer.
- factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
- faculty advisor — a member of the faculty who gives advice to students
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- ferroelasticity — (physics) A phenomenon, analogous to ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity, in which spontaneous strain arises within a material.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
- first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
- fission reactor — a nuclear reactor in which a fission reaction takes place
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- flood insurance — insurance covering loss or damage to property arising from a flood, flood tide, or the like.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fructifications — Plural form of fructification.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
- historical cost — The historical cost of an asset is its original cost when it was first acquired by a company.
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.