16-letter words containing n, o, c, f, i, d
- find one's voice — If someone finds their voice, they start to speak in spite of fear or surprise or difficult circumstances.
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
- forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
- 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.
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
- french indochina — an area in SE Asia, formerly a French colonial federation including Cochin-China, the protectorates of Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos, and the leased territory of Kwangchowan: now comprising the three independent states of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Capital: Hanoi.
- 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
- funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
- immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
- infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
- infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
- informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
- out of condition — If someone is out of condition, they are unhealthy and unfit, because they do not do enough exercise.
- presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
- pseudoscientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor