16-letter words containing f, a, i, t, s, d
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pass-band filter — band-pass filter
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- 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.
- 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-deprecation — 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-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.
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- 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.
- 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.
- world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.