16-letter words containing f, o, l, s, c, a
- miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
- multiple factors — polygene.
- nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
- nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
- 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.
- ovals of cassini — the locus of a point x, whose distance from two fixed points, a and b, is such that |x–a| |x–b| is a constant
- personal effects — belongings
- place of worship — religious house: church, temple
- reclassification — categorization in a different way
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- sales conference — meeting of salespeople
- scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
- self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
- self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
- self-explication — the act of explicating.
- self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- sole beneficiary — the only beneficiary
- 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.
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- 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.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro