16-letter words containing c, i, f

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.
leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
lower california — Baja California.
maintenance-free — requiring little or no maintenance: a maintenance-free swimming pool.
make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
medium frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 kilohertz. Abbreviation: MF.
mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
mercuric sulfide — a crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous compound, HgS, occurring as a coarse, black powder (black mercuric sulfide) or as a fine, bright-scarlet powder (red mercuric sulfide) used chiefly as a pigment and as a source of the free metal.
mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
micro-microfarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
microsoft access — 1. (database) A relational database running under Microsoft Windows. Data is stored as a number of "tables", e.g. "Stock". Each table consists of a number of "records" (e.g. for different items) and each record contains a number of "fields", e.g. "Product code", "Supplier", "Quantity in stock". Access allows the user to create "forms" and "reports". A form shows one record in a user-designed format and allows the user to step through records one at a time. A report shows selected records in a user-designed format, possibly grouped into sections with different kinds of total (including sum, minimum, maximum, average). There are also facilities to use links ("joins") between tables which share a common field and to filter records according to certain criteria or search for particular field values. Version: 2 (date?). 2. (communications) A communications program from Microsoft, meant to compete with ProComm and other programs. It sucked and was dropped. Years later they reused the name for their database.
microsoft office — (product) Microsoft's bundles of productivity tools including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Team Manager, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Schedule+, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Small Business Financial Manager, Automap Streets Plus. Editions of Office include Microsoft Office Professional Edition, Microsoft Office Standard Edition, Microsoft Office Small Business Edition, Microsoft Office Developer Edition. Different editions contain different subsets of the above applications. Current version, as of 2004-08-30: Office 2003.
miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
misspecification — An incorrect specification.
modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
multiple factors — polygene.
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
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-confirmation — the act of confirming.
non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
official referee — (in England) a circuit judge attached to the High Court who is empowered to try certain cases, esp where a detailed examination of accounts or other documents is involved
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
order of service — a prescribed form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite or ceremony
orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.

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