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16-letter words containing n, s, f, i

  • lobe-finned fish — any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth.
  • louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
  • magnifying glass — a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
  • 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.
  • managerial staff — staff in positions of management
  • manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
  • margin of safety — therapeutic index.
  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • 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.
  • misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
  • misspecification — An incorrect specification.
  • multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
  • multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
  • narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
  • neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
  • 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
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
  • not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
  • not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
  • nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
  • on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
  • on the safe side — as a precaution
  • on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
  • ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
  • ovals of cassini — the locus of a point x, whose distance from two fixed points, a and b, is such that |x–a| |x–b| is a constant
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
  • paraprofessional — a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.
  • parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • pass-band filter — band-pass filter
  • passive transfer — Immunology. injection of lymphocytes or antibody from an immune or sensitized donor to a nonimmune host in order to impart immunity or test for allergic reactions.
  • paulinus of nola — Saint. ?353–431 ad, Roman consul and Christian poet; bishop of Nola (409–431). Feast day: June 22
  • pension benefits — the benefits that are paid to a person in accordance with his pension scheme
  • perfecting press — a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.
  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • physical fitness — good physical condition
  • pique oneself on — to be proud of
  • play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
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