16-letter words containing f, o, e, t, a

lignin sulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
line of latitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating latitude
littoral warfare — military combat conducted in coastal areas.
luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
make a day of it — to cause an activity to last a day
make a go of sth — If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.
make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
make the best of — do what you can
make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
man of the house — the male head of a household.
man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
man-of-the-earth — a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
matter of record — a fact or statement that appears on the record of a court and that can be proved or established by producing such record.
matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
matter-of-factly — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
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.
minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
misspecification — An incorrect specification.
money of account — a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin, as the U.S. mill.
mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
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.
multiple factors — polygene.
name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
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-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the safe side — as a precaution
one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.

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