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16-letter words containing c, o, f, s

  • misspecification — An incorrect specification.
  • mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
  • multiple factors — polygene.
  • narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
  • 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.
  • non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
  • off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
  • one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
  • order of service — a prescribed form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite or ceremony
  • ovals of cassini — the locus of a point x, whose distance from two fixed points, a and b, is such that |x–a| |x–b| is a constant
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
  • pair of scissors — two-bladed cutting tool
  • performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
  • person of colour — a person who is not White
  • personal effects — belongings
  • place of worship — religious house: church, temple
  • preference stock — preferred stock.
  • presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
  • prespecification — the act of specifying.
  • press conference — a prearranged interview with news reporters, held to elicit publicity or, as granted by a dignitary, public official, research scientist, etc., to fulfill a request from the press.
  • proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
  • pseudoscientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
  • radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
  • reclassification — categorization in a different way
  • refresher course — a study course serving as a review of previous education.
  • refuse collector — someone who collects of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
  • safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
  • sales conference — meeting of salespeople
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • security officer — civilian, policeman or soldier who is responsible for security in a town or country
  • self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-consequence — self-important character or quality; self-importance.
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
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