15-letter words containing t, g, i, f
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- negative profit — a financial loss
- nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
- non-conflicting — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- non-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- non-interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- noninfringement — an absence or lack of infringement, esp of a patent
- nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
- not for nothing — If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen.
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- offset printing — offset (def 6).
- origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
- out of sight of — not in sight
- out of training — become unfit
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- printing office — a shop or factory in which printing is done.
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- register office — building where civil records are kept
- registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
- reign of terror — a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.
- relief-printing — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- 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.
- right-of-center — holding conservative views in politics; right-wing.
- right-of-centre — You can describe a person or political party as right-of-centre if they have political views which are closer to capitalism and conservatism than to socialism but which are not very extreme.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- self-abnegation — self-denial or self-sacrifice.
- self-afflicting — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.