15-letter words containing fo
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- reafforestation — replanting with trees
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- refined fortran — (RF) Similar to Refined C. Research implementations only. "Refined Fortran: Another Sequential Language for Parallel Programming," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1986 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.184-191.
- refortification — the act or state of being refortified
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
- ride for a fall — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- royal air force — aerial branch of British military
- rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
- security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
- self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- sherwood forest — an ancient royal forest in central England, chiefly in Nottinghamshire: the traditional haunt of Robin Hood.
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- spare no effort — do all you can
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- the reformation — the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- the way forward — how to progress, what to do next
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- to fall foul of — If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- to go for broke — If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
- to jump for joy — If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
- transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
- tree-form frame — a rigid frame having a pair of inclined girders branching from each column, as to form principals of a roof.
- un-fortuitously — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- undress uniform — a uniform worn on other than formal occasions.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- unfossiliferous — (of sediment, clay, rock, etc) not containing fossils
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- usman dan fodio — 1754–1817, African mystic and revolutionary leader, who created a Muslim state in Nigeria