16-letter words containing r, e, a, l, n

food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
for external use — If medicine is for external use, it is intended to be used only on the outside of your body, and not to be eaten or drunk.
foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
foreign national — citizen of another country
forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
franco-provencal — a Romance dialect group of western Switzerland and neighboring parts of France: closely related to both Provençal and northern French.
franz josef land — an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.
fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
friendly islands — Tonga
fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
front-end loader — a loader having a shovel or bucket at the end of an articulated arm located at the front of the vehicle.
frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
fundamental star — one of a number of stars with positions that have been determined accurately and that are used as reference stars for the determination of positions of other celestial objects.
funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
funeral expenses — Funeral expenses are the costs of organizing and carrying out a funeral.
galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
general american — any form of American English speech considered to show few regional peculiarities, usually including all dialects except for eastern New England, New York City, Southern, and South Midland (no longer in technical use). Abbreviation: GA.
general assembly — the legislature in some states of the U.S.
general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
general delivery — a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
general expenses — miscellaneous expenses
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
general practice — family practice.
general quarters — a condition of readiness for combat on a warship, during which crew members remain at their battle stations and have guns and ammunition ready for immediate loading.
general sessions — a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.
general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
generalizability — The quality of being generalizable.
genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
gentleman-farmer — a man whose wealth or income from other sources permits him to farm for pleasure rather than for basic income.
geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.

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