15-letter words containing o, u, t, f, i, s
- 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 tongues — speaking in tongues.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- isthmus of suez — a strip of land in NE Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: links Africa and Asia and is crossed by the Suez Canal
- john of austria — ("Don John") 1547?–78, Spanish naval commander and general: victor at the battle of Lepanto.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- mortiferousness — deadliness
- mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
- multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- out of business — If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
- out of sight of — not in sight
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
- self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme