15-letter words containing o, f
- 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.
- clock frequency — clock rate
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- closed-end fund — A closed-end fund is an investment with a limited number of shares that does not allow new investors.
- 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.
- code of conduct — The code of conduct for a group or organization is an agreement on rules of behaviour for the members of that group or organization.
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- coffee whitener — a milk substitute to put in coffee
- coffee-coloured — having the colour of coffee; dark brown; light brown
- 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
- combined forces — the forces of two or more countries, fighting together
- come to oneself — to recover one's senses
- 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.
- compound flower — a flower head made up of many small flowers appearing as a single bloom, as in the daisy
- concern oneself — to busy oneself (with, about, over, in something); take an interest
- cone of silence — a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confectioneries — Plural form of confectionery.
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- conference call — A conference call is a phone call in which more than two people take part.
- conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
- conference room — A conference room is a large room in a hotel where a number of people can have a conference.
- confessionalism — the belief that a religion, esp Christianity, should have a set of essential doctrines to which members of that religion must adhere
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- confidence test — (testing) Tests to confirm that the results of a program lie within certain ranges according to the expected probability distribution.
- confidence vote — a vote to clarify whether someone or something has the support of those present
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- configurability — The property of being configurable.
- configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conformableness — The state or quality of being conformable.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- confrontational — If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- consonant shift — a change, or a set of connected changes, in the articulation of consonants in any language or family of languages