15-letter words containing y, a, f, i, n
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
- geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
- 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.
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- 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.
- identifiability — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- in a family way — pregnant; with child
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- ineffaceability — Quality of being ineffaceable.
- inefficaciously — Without efficacy or effect.
- infinitesimally — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
- informationally — In an informational manner.
- infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- insignificantly — Of such extremely small quantity or degree that it is not worth measuring.
- interfraternity — a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- law of identity — the law that any proposition implies itself.
- lay a finger on — to harm
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- magnolia family — the plant family Magnoliaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, often showy flowers with a spiral arrangement of their floral parts, and conelike fruit, and including the cucumber tree, magnolia, tulip tree, and umbrella tree.
- mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
- noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
- noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- 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.
- qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
- quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
- radio frequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- 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.
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
- 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-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.
- significatively — serving to signify.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.