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16-letter words containing d, e, f, a

  • performance bond — contract bond.
  • persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
  • refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • refractive index — index of refraction.
  • reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
  • safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
  • safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
  • safeguard clause — a clause in a contract, etc, that ensures the protection of something against problems, etc
  • safety standards — standards prescribed (by a regulatory body, etc) that must be adhered to to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-deliverance — suicide.
  • self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
  • self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
  • self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
  • self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
  • self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • sodium bisulfate — a colorless crystalline compound, NaHSO 4 , soluble in water: used in dyeing, in the manufacture of cement, paper, soap, and an acid-type cleaner.
  • soft in the head — stupid or foolish
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
  • standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
  • streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
  • studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
  • tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
  • tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
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