16-letter words containing f, a, t, i, d, c
- mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- refractive index — index of refraction.
- reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- 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
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor