16-letter words containing o, f, g

mohammed of ghor — (Mu'izz-ad-din) died 1206, Muslim Sultan of Ghazni 1173–1206: established Muslim power in India.
montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
name of the game — the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key: Profit is the name of the game in business.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
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.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
phosphor fatigue — screen saver
play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
proof of postage — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have posted or mailed something
pull a long face — to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
racial profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
rate of exchange — exchange rate.
refrigerator car — a freight car having either an ice chest or machinery for chilling perishables and sometimes having a heating unit to keep perishables from freezing.
registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
regius professor — Crown-appointed holder of a university chair
releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).
rolling friction — frictional resistance to rotation or energy losses in rolling bearings
sawn-off shotgun — A sawn-off shotgun is a shotgun on which the barrel has been cut short. Guns like this are often used by criminals because they can be easily hidden.
scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
self-degradation — the act of degrading.
self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
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 brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses

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