16-letter words containing a, n, d, f, o

funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
gulf of liaodong — the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula
gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.
head normal form — (theory, reduction) (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
huffman encoding — Huffman coding
hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
information desk — helpdesk, information point
isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
john of damascus — Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
mahmud of ghazni — a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.
man of few words — man who speaks very little
man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
month of sundays — a long time
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
on the safe side — as a precaution
once and for all — former; having at one time been: the once and future king.
one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
performance bond — contract bond.
pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
self-degradation — the act of degrading.

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