16-letter words containing f, e, t, i

stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
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.
street furniture — pieces of equipment, such as streetlights and pillar boxes, placed in the street for the benefit of the public
studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
subjectification — to make subjective.
superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
surface-printing — planography.
sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
take (to) flight — to run away; flee
take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
tanagra figurine — a small terra-cotta statuette produced from the late 4th to the 3rd century b.c. in Tanagra, Boeotia, and found chiefly in tombs.
tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
texture modifier — a substance that is added to food products to increase viscosity
thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
the first couple — the US president and their spouse
the first family — a President's family
the first fruits — The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
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.
tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
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 pricing — the setting of a price for the transfer of raw materials, components, products, or services between the trading units of a large organization
transfer station — a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.
triacetate fiber — a textile fiber made of cellulose triacetate.
tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.

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