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

  • 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-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
  • east coast fever — a disease of cattle, endemic in east and central Africa, caused by a parasite, Theileria parva, that is carried by ticks
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • 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.
  • farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • father confessor — confessor (def 2).
  • father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
  • fermat's theorem — the theorem that an integer raised to a prime power leaves the same remainder as the integer itself when divided by the prime.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
  • fictitious force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
  • file composition — A typesetting language.
  • fill one's boots — to take or do as much of something as one wants
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • first generation — 1.   (architecture)   first generation computer. 2.   (language)   first generation language.
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
  • fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
  • footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
  • 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.
  • for pete's sake! — an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance
  • forbes-robertson — Sir Johnston, 1853–1937, English actor and theatrical manager.
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
  • foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
  • foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
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