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

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
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.
one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
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.
outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
parallel fortran — (language) (Pfortran) Extensions to Fortran by Ridgway Scott <[email protected]> of Houston University. Pfortran provides a shared memory SIMD model on message passing computers. It was under development in 1994.
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
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.
personal effects — belongings
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.
prespecification — the act of specifying.
question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
quinquefoliolate — (botany) Having five leaflets.
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.
rate of exchange — exchange rate.
reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
reclassification — categorization in a different way
reflection plane — a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two halves that are mirror images of each other.
registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
rotation of axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
self-containment — the state of being self-contained.

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