16-letter words containing n, o, d, i, f
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
- self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- sliding friction — frictional resistance to relative movement of surfaces on loaded contact
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- 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)
- time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
- toing and froing — going back and forth
- 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.
- 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
- windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- word for windows — (text, tool, product) The version of Microsoft Word which runs under Microsoft Windows. Version 6.0.
- wrongful trading — the act of allowing a company to continue trading when its insolvency is inevitable