16-letter words containing g, o, f, a

flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
for a good cause — If you say that something is for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity.
for good measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
fore and aft rig — a sail set in a line from one end the other of a vessel rather than in a square
fore-and-aft rig — a rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft.
foreign exchange — commercial paper drawn on a person or corporation in a foreign nation.
foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
foreign national — citizen of another country
formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
forward planning — business: making future provisions
forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
friction gearing — wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.
fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
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.
gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
grace-and-favour — (of a house, flat, etc) owned by the sovereign and granted free of rent to a person to whom the sovereign wishes to express gratitude
grant of probate — a certificate stating that a will is valid
gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
gregory of nyssa — Saint, a.d. c330–395? Christian bishop and theologian in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Basil).
gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
gulf of liaodong — the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula
gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
gulf of san blas — an inlet of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama
gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
huffman encoding — Huffman coding
inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
isoplastic graft — syngraft.
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200

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