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16-letter words containing r, y, f, m

  • out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
  • over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • polyvinyl formal — a colorless, water-insoluble, polyvinyl acetal produced from partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate and formaldehyde, used chiefly in the manufacture of lacquers.
  • saxifrage family — the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.
  • soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
  • 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.
  • swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
  • 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.
  • the first family — a President's family
  • the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
  • to play for time — If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens.
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • transfer payment — any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits.
  • unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
  • union-of-myanmarUnion of, official name of Burma.
  • waterleaf family — the plant family Hydrophyllaceae, characterized by usually hairy herbaceous plants having lobed, divided, or compound leaves, five-parted blue or white flowers, and capsular fruit, and including baby-blue-eyes, phacelia, and waterleaf.
  • welfare payments — government benefits
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