16-letter words containing f, e, r, t, y

glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
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.
hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
hyperflexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
imperfectibility — The state or quality of being imperfectible.
interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
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).
least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
madame butterfly — an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.
make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
matter-of-factly — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
order of the day — the agenda for an assembly, meeting, group, or organization.
ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
put your feet up — If you put your feet up, you relax or have a rest, especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground.
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
security officer — civilian, policeman or soldier who is responsible for security in a town or country
self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.
systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
taft-hartley act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty-day injunction against strikes that endanger public health and safety and bans closed shops, featherbedding, secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, and certain other union practices.
terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
the first family — a President's family
the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
to play for time — If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens.
transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
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)
twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware

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