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16-letter words containing l, i, t, e, n, r

  • filter promotion — (algorithm)   In a generate and test algorithm, combining part of the filter with the generator in order to reduce the number of potential solutions generated. A trivial example: filter (< 100) [1..1000] ==> [1..99] where [1..n] generates the list of integers from 1 to n. Here the filter has been combined completely with the generator. This is an example of fusion.
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • first lieutenant — an officer ranking next above second lieutenant and next below a captain.
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
  • food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
  • foreign national — citizen of another country
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
  • four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
  • freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
  • functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
  • funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
  • galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
  • gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
  • general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
  • general electric — (company)   (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • general practice — family practice.
  • general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
  • generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
  • generalizability — The quality of being generalizable.
  • genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
  • gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
  • greater antilles — See under Antilles.
  • green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • herman hollerith — (person)   The promulgator of the punched card. Hollerith was born on 1860-02-29 and died on 1929-11-17. He graduated from Columbia University, NewYork, NY, USA. He joined the US Census Bureau as a statistician where he used a punched card device to help analyse the 1880 US census data. This punched card system stored data in 80 columns. This "80-column" concept has carried forward in various forms into modern applications. In 1896, Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company to exploit his invention and in 1924 his firm became part of IBM. The Hollerith system was used for the 1911 UK census. A correspondant writes: Wasn't Hollerith's original machine first used for the 1990 US census? And I think I am right in saying that the physical layout was a 20x12 grid of round holes. The one I have seen (picture only, unfortunately, not the real thing) did not use 'columns' as such but holes were grouped into irregularly-shaped fields, such that each hole had a more-or-less independent function.
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
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