16-letter words containing f, r, i, o, d

funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
gender-profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
half life period — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
homme d'affaires — a businessman.
hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
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.
isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
maid of all work — a maid who does all types of housework
micro-microfarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
modified-release — denoting a formulation of a medicinal drug taken orally that releases the active ingredients over several hours, in order to maintain a relatively constant plasma concentration of the drug
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
order of service — a prescribed form of liturgical service, or of administration of a rite or ceremony
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.
outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
pride oneself on — to be proud of
radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
self-degradation — the act of degrading.

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