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15-letter words containing s, e, y, f

  • gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • house of prayer — house of God.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
  • indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
  • inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
  • infinitesimally — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • isle of sheppey — an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)
  • lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • legacy software — legacy system
  • let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
  • non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
  • non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
  • one of the boys — If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • passenger ferry — a ferry that carries passengers
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
  • please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
  • primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
  • ray of sunshine — beam of sunlight
  • ray-finned fish — any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
  • rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
  • registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
  • rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
  • saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
  • say a few words — to give a brief speech
  • schottky defect — an unoccupied position in a crystal lattice caused by the relocation of an atom or ion from the interior to the surface of the crystal.
  • schottky effect — a reduction in the energy required to remove an electron from a solid surface in a vacuum when an electric field is applied to the surface
  • security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
  • self-admittedly — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-analytical — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
  • self-employment — the act or fact of being self-employed.
  • self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
  • self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
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