16-letter words containing c, o, n, f, i, r
- score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
- sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- war of secession — American Civil War.
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
- writ of election — a writ by an executive authority requiring the holding of an election, especially one issued by a governor to require a special election for filling a vacancy in the representation from a state.