15-letter words containing l, a, c, r, i
- filemaker, inc. — (company) The company that distributes the FileMaker database. FileMaker, Inc. was previously known as Claris and was renamed after a restructuring in January 1998.
- flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
- 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
- fleet insurance — Fleet insurance is a type of insurance contract that applies to a number of vehicles.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- 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.
- florida current — the part of the Gulf Stream which extends from the Florida Strait to Cape Hatteras.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
- fourth official — In football, the fourth official is an official who assists the referee and assistant referees from the side of the pitch.
- fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
- fractional note — a banknote in a denomination smaller than the standard unit of currency
- fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
- franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- 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.
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- general science — basic science taught as a school subject
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- 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.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- graph colouring — (application) A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- 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.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.