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16-letter words containing f, o, m, e, n, t

  • in the middle of — at the centre of
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
  • name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
  • new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
  • non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
  • out of the money — If an investment is out of the money, it would be a loss if it was sold.
  • outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
  • performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
  • placement office — an office in a university that offers students careers advice and help to find employment
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
  • refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
  • 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.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
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