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16-letter words containing f, e, b, a

  • leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
  • leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
  • madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
  • make a break for — run towards
  • make the best of — do what you can
  • medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
  • non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
  • of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
  • on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
  • outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
  • pass-band filter — band-pass filter
  • performance bond — contract bond.
  • permafrost table — the variable surface constituting the upper limit of permafrost. Compare frostline (def 2).
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
  • raspberry sawfly — a black sawfly, Monophadnoides geniculatus, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of the raspberry and blackberry.
  • right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
  • sabattier effect — the alteration of the image tones of a photographic print by briefly reexposing the negative after it has been partially developed.
  • 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.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • 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-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
  • 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.
  • software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
  • sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
  • stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
  • subjectification — to make subjective.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • tabernacle frame — a frame, especially of the 18th century, around a doorway, niche, etc., that suggests a small building, characteristically one with a pediment and two pilasters on a base.
  • tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the best part of — most of
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • triacetate fiber — a textile fiber made of cellulose triacetate.
  • undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • 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.
  • welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
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