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16-letter words containing f, e, t, o, r, s

  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • serpentine front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a horizontal compound curve with a convex section between two concave ones.
  • shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
  • sheffer's stroke — a function of two sentences, equivalent to the negation of their conjunction, and written p|q (p and q are both not true) where p,q, are the arguments: p|q is false only when p,q are both true. It is possible to construct all truth functions out of this one alone
  • software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
  • software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • speak for itself — be self-evident
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
  • state of affairs — situation
  • state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • 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 performer — busker or entertainer in a public place
  • streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
  • the best part of — most of
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
  • the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
  • thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
  • to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
  • 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.
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • 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 station — a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • way of the cross — stations of the cross.
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