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15-letter words containing o, n, f

  • bessel function — one of several transcendental functions, usually represented as power series, that are solutions to a group of related differential equations.
  • biogasification — the conversion of organic matter into biogas.
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • bodily function — A person's bodily functions are the normal physical processes that regularly occur in their body, particularly the ability to urinate and defecate.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • book of account — a book to keep accounts in; ledger
  • book of changes — an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.
  • bookmaking firm — an organization that accepts bets from gamblers and pays out winnings
  • breakbone fever — dengue
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)
  • brownfield site — a disused site envisaged for redevelopment
  • buffalo currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes odoratum, of the central U.S., having showy, drooping clusters of fragrant yellow flowers and edible black fruit.
  • buffer solution — a solution to which a salt of a weak acid or base has been added
  • bum someone off — to disappoint, annoy, or upset someone
  • burden of proof — The burden of proof is the task of proving that you are correct, for example when you have accused someone of a crime.
  • bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
  • business office — the office where the financial transactions, bookkeeping, etc. for a firm or institution are carried on
  • california gull — a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.
  • california mink — cacomistle.
  • california roll — a sushi roll containing avocado, cucumber, and crabmeat, or imitation crabmeat, wrapped in vinegared rice and seaweed.
  • california rose — a cultivated variety of a bindweed, Calystegia hederacea, having showy, double, rose-colored flowers.
  • call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
  • call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • chef de mission — the head of a diplomatic body
  • chest infection — a respiratory infection mainly affecting the chest
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
  • classifications — Plural form of classification.
  • clock frequency — clock rate
  • 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
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