16-letter words containing f, o, c, i

infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
information pack — a set of leaflets giving information about something
informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
infostreet, inc. — (company) An Internet consulting and development company dedicated to assisting companies in establishing an Internet presence. InfoStreet develope Internet strategies, design and create web pages, and host and maintain websites. InfoStreet, has been recognized by PC/Computing as the "Best of the Top Home Page Services" (August 1996) and has been featured in Netguide magazine and the Wiley and Son's Electronic Marketing book.
inofficious will — a will inconsistent with the moral duty and natural affection of the testator, especially one denying the legitimate heirs the portions of the estate to which they are legally entitled.
intensifications — Plural form of intensification.
intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
isoplastic graft — syngraft.
joachim of fiore — ?1132–1202 ad, Italian mystic and philosopher, best known for teaching that history can be divided into three ages, those of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
job satisfaction — Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job.
juvenile officer — a police officer concerned with juvenile delinquents.
kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
lower california — Baja California.
make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
micro-microfarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
microsoft access — 1. (database) A relational database running under Microsoft Windows. Data is stored as a number of "tables", e.g. "Stock". Each table consists of a number of "records" (e.g. for different items) and each record contains a number of "fields", e.g. "Product code", "Supplier", "Quantity in stock". Access allows the user to create "forms" and "reports". A form shows one record in a user-designed format and allows the user to step through records one at a time. A report shows selected records in a user-designed format, possibly grouped into sections with different kinds of total (including sum, minimum, maximum, average). There are also facilities to use links ("joins") between tables which share a common field and to filter records according to certain criteria or search for particular field values. Version: 2 (date?). 2. (communications) A communications program from Microsoft, meant to compete with ProComm and other programs. It sucked and was dropped. Years later they reused the name for their database.
microsoft office — (product) Microsoft's bundles of productivity tools including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Team Manager, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Schedule+, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Small Business Financial Manager, Automap Streets Plus. Editions of Office include Microsoft Office Professional Edition, Microsoft Office Standard Edition, Microsoft Office Small Business Edition, Microsoft Office Developer Edition. Different editions contain different subsets of the above applications. Current version, as of 2004-08-30: Office 2003.
miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
misspecification — An incorrect specification.
modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
multiple factors — polygene.
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
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.

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