16-letter words containing f, i, s, t, n, g
- self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
- 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-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
- self-registering — registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.
- self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
- self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
- sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
- smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- 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
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- 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.
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- 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
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
- west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
- wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.