15-letter words containing o, a, f
- functionalistic — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalities — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeral oration — a formal speech delivered at a funeral
- funeral parlour — A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
- 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.
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- get any good of — to handle to good effect
- get out of jail — to get out of a difficult situation
- get the hang of — to understand the technique of doing something
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gift of the gab — ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively
- go for a burton — to be broken, useless, or lost
- go up in flames — be burned
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- godfather offer — a takeover bid pitched so high that the management of the target company is unable to dissuade shareholders from accepting it
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- granitification — the process or action of forming into granite
- grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- 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.
- guard of honour — A guard of honour is an official parade of troops, usually to celebrate or honour a special occasion, such as the visit of a head of state.
- gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
- gulf of bothnia — an arm of the Baltic Sea, extending north between Sweden and Finland
- gulf of finland — an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- haemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, such as a trypanosome, that is parasitic in the blood
- hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
- half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- han unification — Han character
- hanging offence — a crime that is punishable by hanging
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
- have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
- heart of hearts — the depths of one's conscience or emotions
- heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.