16-letter words containing c, h, i, f
- flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
- flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- foreign exchange — commercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
- forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
- franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
- francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
- franking machine — a machine that franks letters
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
- french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
- french indochina — an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- friedrich engels — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- friedrich wohler — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1800–82, German chemist.
- functional shift — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
- haptic interface — (interface, hardware) A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
- high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- infernal machine — a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property.
- joachim of fiore — ?1132–1202 ad, Italian mystic and philosopher, best known for teaching that history can be divided into three ages, those of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- larsen ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893.
- lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
- phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
- physical fitness — good physical condition
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- quick as a flash — If you say that someone reacts to something quick as a flash, you mean that they react to it extremely quickly.
- rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.