15-letter words containing o, f, e, n, c
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- show one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- summary offence — an offence that is triable in a magistrates' court
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- traffic offence — a violation of traffic regulations, such as breaking the speed limit
- transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- vector function — a function that assigns a vector to each point in a given set.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- videoconference — a teleconference conducted via television equipment.
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- volunteer force — a group of unpaid workers
- warrant officer — (in the U.S. Armed Forces) an officer of one of four grades ranking above enlisted personnel and below commissioned officers.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- yeast infection — candida: genital inflammation