16-letter words containing f, i, o, r, n

isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
juvenile officer — a police officer concerned with juvenile delinquents.
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
legion of honour — an order for civil or military merit instituted by Napoleon in France in 1802
letter of intent — a letter indicating that the writer has the serious intention of doing something, such as signing a contract in the circumstances specified. It does not constitute either a promise or a contract
louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
lower california — Baja California.
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
non-inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
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.
nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
paraprofessional — a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.
partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire

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