16-letter words containing f, a, n, e, d
- performance bond — contract bond.
- phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- red-flannel hash — hash made of ground corned beef, potatoes, and beets
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- refractive index — index of refraction.
- reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- safety standards — standards prescribed (by a regulatory body, etc) that must be adhered to to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
- self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
- 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-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-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- 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.
- 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.
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- 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
- 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
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
- take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
- 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.
- transfer student — a student who moves from one institution or course to another at the same level (e.g. undergraduate)
- tread under foot — to oppress
- treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- 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.
- wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly