15-letter words containing r, a, f, i, c, h
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- hydraulic fluid — a fluid, usually of low viscosity, as oil, used in a hydraulic system.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- specific charge — the ratio of the charge on a particle to the mass of the particle.
- theatrical film — a film made for exhibition in theaters, as distinguished from one made for television.
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.