16-letter words containing g, e, o, f
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee
- 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.
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- 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)
- 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 (good) effect — You use effect in expressions such as to good effect and to no effect in order to indicate how successful or impressive an action is.
- to get cold feet — If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail.
- to let go of sth — If you let go of a feeling, attitude, or the control that you have over something, you accept that you should give it up or that it should no longer influence you.
- 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 sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
- top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
- training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- 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.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- zone of leaching — A horizon.