16-letter words containing n, e, w, f, i
- beneficial owner — a person entitled to receive the profits or proceeds of property
- darwin's finches — the finches of the subfamily Geospizinae of the Galapagos Islands, showing great variation in bill structure and feeding habits: provided Darwin with evidence to support his theory of evolution
- family allowance — a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
- federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
- firewall machine — (networking, security) A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
- flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
- flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
- forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- 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.
- functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
- gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
- lower california — Baja California.
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
- newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
- offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
- one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
- robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
- the swiss-french — people from French-speaking Switzerland
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- twin-lens reflex — See under reflex camera. Abbreviation: TLR.
- war of secession — American Civil War.
- welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
- 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.
- west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
- winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- wire-transferred — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
- with a free hand — with generosity; lavishly
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- writ of election — a writ by an executive authority requiring the holding of an election, especially one issued by a governor to require a special election for filling a vacancy in the representation from a state.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas
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