16-letter words containing f, a, i, n, t, g

larger-than-life — exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, especially in appearance or forcefulness: a larger-than-life leader.
leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
life-threatening — endangering life: a life-threatening illness.
lignin sulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
managerial staff — staff in positions of management
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
santa fe springs — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles: oil wells.
schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
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-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-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
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-integrating — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
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-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
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
surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
surface-printing — planography.
tanagra figurine — a small terra-cotta statuette produced from the late 4th to the 3rd century b.c. in Tanagra, Boeotia, and found chiefly in tombs.
tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.

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