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16-letter words containing o, f, s, t, r

  • speak for itself — be self-evident
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
  • state of affairs — situation
  • state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • stationary front — a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all.
  • stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • street performer — busker or entertainer in a public place
  • streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
  • teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
  • the best part of — most of
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
  • the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
  • thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
  • to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
  • to stand or fall — If an idea, claim, or attempt stands or falls on something, its truth or success depends on that thing.
  • to stop short of — If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
  • tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • 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.
  • transfer station — a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.
  • transformational — the act or process of transforming.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • way of the cross — stations of the cross.
  • weather forecast — meteorological prediction
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
  • world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
  • writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
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