16-letter words containing d, o, r, s, i, f
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
- pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
- pride oneself on — to be proud of
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- 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-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
- 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.
- 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.
- windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- word for windows — (text, tool, product) The version of Microsoft Word which runs under Microsoft Windows. Version 6.0.
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
- world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.