16-letter words containing s, e, o, f
- congo free state — a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- corkscrew flower — snailflower.
- corned beef hash — a dish consisting of corned beef chopped and mixed together with mashed potatoes and various other ingredients, then fried
- cost-effectively — in a cost-effective way; efficiently
- cost-efficiently — cost-effective.
- council of state — a council that deliberates on high-level policies of a government.
- counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
- course of action — a way of proceeding
- court of appeals — A Court of Appeals is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- court of justice — a legal court
- court of session — the supreme civil court in Scotland
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- crime of passion — a crime, often a murder, committed from passion, esp sexual passion
- customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
- cut of one's jib — one's appearance or way of dressing
- cycle of erosion — the hypothetical sequence of modifications to the earth's surface by erosion, from the original uplift of the land to the ultimate low plain, usually divided into the youthful, mature, and old stages
- dead-man's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- dead-smooth file — the smoothest grade of file commonly used
- deboursification — (jargon) Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
- debt forgiveness — the action or process of forgiving people their debts
- declassification — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
- degrees of frost — When someone says that there are a particular number of degrees of frost they mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.
- dentist's office — A dentist's office is the room or house where a dentist works.
- descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
- distrito federal — Federal District. Abbreviation: D.F.
- diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- droves of people — large numbers of people
- duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
- east coast fever — a disease of cattle, endemic in east and central Africa, caused by a parasite, Theileria parva, that is carried by ticks
- economy of scale — a fall in average costs resulting from an increase in the scale of production
- edsel ford range — a mountain range in Antarctica, E of the Ross Sea.
- electronic flash — Photography
- error of closure — the amount by which a computed, plotted, or observed quantity or position differs from the true or established one, esp when plotting a closed traverse
- exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- extrinsic factor — vitamin B12
- factor of safety — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
- farmhouse cheese — cheese that is made by traditional methods, on or as if on a farm
- fashion business — the business dealing with style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- fashion magazine — periodical about trendy clothing
- fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
- father confessor — confessor (def 2).