16-letter words containing f, o, r, m
- 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.
- 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 factors — polygene.
- new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
- nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
- non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
- non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- non-inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
- outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
- over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
- paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- performance bond — contract bond.
- 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.
- permafrost table — the variable surface constituting the upper limit of permafrost. Compare frostline (def 2).
- platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- polyvinyl formal — a colorless, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal produced from partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate and formaldehyde, used chiefly in the manufacture of lacquers.
- post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- powerpc platform — (architecture, standard) (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform) An open system standard, designed by IBM, intended to ensure compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different companies. The PReP standard specifies the PCI bus, but will also support ISA, MicroChannel and PCMCIA. PReP-compliant systems will be able to run the Macintosh OS, OS/2, WorkplaceOS, AIX, Solaris, Taligent and Windows NT. IBM systems will (of course) be PReP-compliant. Apple's first PowerPC Macintoshes will not be compliant, but future ones may be.
- presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
- professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- 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.
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
- remember oneself — to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly
- rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
- romantic fiction — a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
- root normal form — (RNF) Head Normal Form in graph rewriting.
- self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- 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.
- street performer — busker or entertainer in a public place
- systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
- take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- texture modifier — a substance that is added to food products to increase viscosity