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15-letter words containing o, f, a, c

  • call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
  • calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
  • canadian forces — the official name for the military forces of Canada
  • canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
  • cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • caprifoliaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose
  • carbon fixation — the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
  • cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
  • careers officer — a person trained in giving vocational advice, esp to school leavers
  • case conference — a meeting at which all the parties involved in a medical, legal, or social work case come together to discuss it
  • cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • cauliflower ear — permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • 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
  • cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
  • 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.
  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • change of venue — the removal of a trial out of one jurisdiction into another
  • 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.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
  • city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
  • clare of assisi — Saint. 1194–1253, Italian nun; founder of the Franciscan Order of Poor Clares. Feast day: Aug 11
  • classifications — Plural form of classification.
  • closed fracture — simple fracture.
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • cockfight chair — a chair designed to be sat on backward, having a bell seat and a crest rail that serves as an armrest.
  • coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
  • cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
  • collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
  • college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
  • colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
  • combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
  • come up for air — rise to water's surface
  • comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
  • comfort station — a public lavatory and rest room
  • comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
  • comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
  • comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
  • commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • common fraction — a fraction whose numerator and denominator are both whole numbers
  • 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.
  • confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
  • confederate war — the American Civil War.
  • conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
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