15-letter words containing r, i, g, f, l, o
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- lord high fixer — [Primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Lord High Executioner"] The person in an organisation who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- religion of chi — /ki:/ [Case Western Reserve University] Yet another hackish parody religion (see also Church of the SubGenius, Discordianism). In the mid-70s, the canonical "Introduction to Programming" courses at CWRU were taught in ALGOL, and student exercises were punched on cards and run on a Univac 1108 system using a homebrew operating system named CHI. The religion had no doctrines and but one ritual: whenever the worshipper noted that a digital clock read 11:08, he or she would recite the phrase "It is 11:08; ABS, ALPHABETIC, ARCSIN, ARCCOS, ARCTAN." The last five words were the first five functions in the appropriate chapter of the ALGOL manual; note the special pronunciations /obz/ and /ark'sin/ rather than the more common /ahbz/ and /ark'si:n/. Using an alarm clock to warn of 11:08's arrival was considered harmful.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
- self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- 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-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.