16-letter words containing f, r, e, t

theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
to hold the fort — If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else.
to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
to play for time — If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens.
top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
transfer pricing — the setting of a price for the transfer of raw materials, components, products, or services between the trading units of a large organization
transfer station — a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.
transfer student — a student who moves from one institution or course to another at the same level (e.g. undergraduate)
transverse flute — the normal orchestral flute, as opposed to the recorder (or fipple flute)
tread under foot — to oppress
treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
triacetate fiber — a textile fiber made of cellulose triacetate.
tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
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.
undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
visual interface — (tool, text) (vi) /V-I/, /vi:/, *never* /siks/ A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early BSD release. vi became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favourite outside of MIT until the rise of Emacs after about 1984. It tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/). Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even some Emacs fans resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of Emacs). See holy wars.
waterleaf family — the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
way of the cross — stations of the cross.
way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
weather forecast — meteorological prediction
welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
welfare payments — government benefits
west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
wolfenden report — a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized
woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.

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