16-letter words containing f, a, s, t

garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
hare's-foot fern — a fern, Polypodium aureum, of tropical America, having a brown, scaly rootstock and green or deep bluish-green fronds.
harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
hay-scented fern — a fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, of eastern North America, having brittle, yellow-green fronds.
head post office — the main post office in a town
health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
how's that for…? — is this satisfactory as regards…?
if it wasn't for — If you talk about what would happen if it wasn't for someone or something, you mean that they are the only thing that is preventing it from happening.
in a cleft stick — If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
in at the finish — being present or taking part at the conclusion, as of a contest
in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
infantile autism — a disorder appearing in children before the age of two and a half, characterized by lack of interest in others, impaired communication skills, and bizarre behavior, as ritualistic acts and excessive attachment to objects.
information desk — helpdesk, information point
intensifications — Plural form of intensification.
interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
intestinal flora — microorganisms that normally inhabit the lumen of the intestinal tract
intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
irish free state — former name of the Republic of Ireland.
isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
isoplastic graft — syngraft.
it's fair to say — You use fair in expressions such as It would be fair to say in order to introduce a statement which you believe to be true and reasonable.
job satisfaction — Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.
keynote software — A company which offers software-based business contact directories for people who develop, manufacture, market, or distribute software or multimedia products. E-mail: <[email protected]> (Subject: SEND INDEX).
knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
law of exponents — the theorem stating the elementary properties of exponents, as the property that the product of the same bases, each raised to an exponent, is equal to the base raised to the sum of the exponents: xa ⋅ xb = xa + b .
least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
left parenthesis — (character) "(". ASCII character 40. Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open; paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left parenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen; ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round bracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" = unparenthisey); left ear. Paired with right parenthesis (")").
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.
make a go of sth — If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.
make the best of — do what you can
make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
man of the house — the male head of a household.
managerial staff — staff in positions of management
manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.

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