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16-letter words containing n, o, f, e, m

  • foreign commerce — an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
  • foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
  • formation packer — A formation packer is a substance that is used as a seal between the casing and the borehole so that part of the hole can be tested.
  • formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
  • fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-minute mile — a mile-long race run in four minutes or less
  • fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • french cameroons — Cameroun (def 2).
  • french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
  • from one's heart — very sincerely or deeply
  • fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
  • fullness of time — the proper or destined time.
  • general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
  • have no time for — not tolerate
  • head normal form — (theory, reduction)   (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
  • high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
  • house of commons — the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • huffman encoding — Huffman coding
  • hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  • immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
  • in the middle of — at the centre of
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • 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.
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
  • make an issue of — If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
  • man of few words — man who speaks very little
  • man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
  • man of the house — the male head of a household.
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • man-of-the-earth — a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.
  • manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
  • margin of safety — therapeutic index.
  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • milk of magnesia — a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH) 2 , used as an antacid or laxative.
  • minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
  • misspecification — An incorrect specification.
  • money of account — a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin, as the U.S. mill.
  • monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
  • montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
  • motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
  • multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
  • multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
  • multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
  • name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
  • new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
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