16-letter words containing d, i, f, r, a
- 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-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- 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.
- 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
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- 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).
- toing and froing — going back and forth
- trans-fatty acid — a polyunsaturated fatty acid that has been converted from the cis-form by hydrogenation: used in the manufacture of margarine
- 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.
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
- 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
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- william bradford — Gamaliel, 1863–1932, U.S. biographer and novelist.
- 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
- windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
- wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
- world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
- wrongful trading — the act of allowing a company to continue trading when its insolvency is inevitable