16-letter words containing r, a, d, i, o, f
- pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
- pribilof islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- reidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
- 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-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
- 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
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- william bradford — Gamaliel, 1863–1932, U.S. biographer and novelist.
- 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.
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
- world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
- wrongful trading — the act of allowing a company to continue trading when its insolvency is inevitable