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

inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
larger than life — If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual.
larger-than-life — exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, especially in appearance or forcefulness: a larger-than-life leader.
left-hand dagger — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
life-threatening — endangering life: a life-threatening illness.
managerial staff — staff in positions of management
manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
margin of safety — therapeutic index.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
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.
phosphor fatigue — screen saver
proof of postage — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have posted or mailed something
rate of exchange — exchange rate.
rattlesnake flag — any of a number of U.S. flags that bear a picture of a rattlesnake and the motto “Don't Tread on Me,” especially those used during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
refrigerator car — a freight car having either an ice chest or machinery for chilling perishables and sometimes having a heating unit to keep perishables from freezing.
registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
santa fe springs — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles: oil wells.
schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
self-degradation — the act of degrading.
self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
self-integrating — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
surface-printing — planography.
take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
tanagra figurine — a small terra-cotta statuette produced from the late 4th to the 3rd century b.c. in Tanagra, Boeotia, and found chiefly in tombs.
tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
the gentle craft — fishing

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