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15-letter words containing r, t, f

  • bare infinitive — an infinitive verb form without to, used with certain auxiliary verbs , as in I must go. All I did was ask. We might win.
  • barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
  • battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
  • beast of burden — A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.
  • bedford heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • beef stroganoff — a dish of thin strips of beef cooked with onions, mushrooms, and seasonings, served in a sour-cream sauce
  • beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
  • before the fact — before the commission of the offence
  • before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
  • benefit concert — a concert to raise money for charity
  • board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • branchial cleft — Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
  • breach of faith — a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith.
  • breach of trust — a violation of duty by a trustee or any other person in a fiduciary position
  • breakfast table — You refer to a table as the breakfast table when it is being used for breakfast.
  • 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
  • butter-fingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
  • butterfly chair — a lightweight chair consisting of a piece of canvas, leather, etc. slung from a framework of metal bars
  • butterfly table — a small occasional table, usually having a round or oval top, with drop leaves supported by swinging brackets pivoted to the stretchers and to the underside of the top.
  • butterfly valve — a disc that acts as a valve by turning about a diameter, esp one used as the throttle valve in a carburettor
  • butterfly wedge — a wooden fastening in the form of a double dovetail for joining two boards at their edges.
  • cafeteria-style — set up to allow a variety of choices.
  • calcareous tufa — tufa
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
  • cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
  • carbon fixation — the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds
  • carl xvi gustaf — born 1946, king of Sweden from 1973
  • cast around for — If you cast around for something or cast about for it, you try to find it or think of it.
  • catarrhal fever — bluetongue.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
  • center halfback — Field Hockey. the player in the middle among the halfbacks.
  • central african — of or relating to the Central African Republic, its inhabitants, or their language.
  • 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.
  • certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • circumferential — of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
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