16-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t

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.
non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
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 on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
on the stroke of — punctually at
one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
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.
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
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
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.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
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.
partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
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.
period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
personal effects — belongings
platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
preference stock — preferred stock.
prespecification — the act of specifying.
proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
proof of concept — the stage during the development of a product when it is established that the product will function as intended
put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
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.
rational fortran — (language) (RATFOR) Brian Kernighan's Fortran preprocessor that allows programming with C-like control flow. RATFOR is mainly of historical significance. A translator from Ratfor to Fortran IV was posted to comp.sources.Unix volume 13.
reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
reclassification — categorization in a different way
reconnection fee — an amount of money that a company charges customers in order to reconnect their supply of electricity, water, gas, or telephone after it has been stopped
reflection plane — a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two halves that are mirror images of each other.
refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)

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