0%

16-letter words containing d, n, o, t

  • food irradiation — the exposure of food to electromagnetic radiation to kill bacteria and retard deterioration
  • fool around with — have casual sex
  • foot in the door — If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe in the door, you mean that it gives them an opportunity to start doing something new, usually in an area that is difficult to succeed in.
  • for the duration — If you say that something will happen for the duration, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
  • fore and aft rig — a sail set in a line from one end the other of a vessel rather than in a square
  • fore-and-aft rig — a rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft.
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • forward contract — a contract to buy or sell an asset at a point in the future at a previously agreed price
  • forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
  • forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
  • french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
  • friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • front and center — If a topic or question is front and center, a lot of attention is being paid to it or a lot of people are talking about it.
  • front-end loader — a loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm located at the front of the vehicle.
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
  • gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
  • good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
  • gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • ground-to-ground — (of weapons) designed to be fired at ground targets from the ground
  • grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
  • group identifier — (operating system)   (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?