16-letter words containing t, i, f, o
- non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
- nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
- not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
- nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
- of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
- on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
- on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
- operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
- out of condition — If someone is out of condition, they are unhealthy and unfit, because they do not do enough exercise.
- out of your mind — If you say that someone is out of their mind, you mean that they are mad or very foolish.
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
- packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
- partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
- partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pension benefits — the benefits that are paid to a person in accordance with his pension scheme
- period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- placement office — an office in a university that offers students careers advice and help to find employment
- plaster of paris — calcined gypsum in white, powdery form, used as a base for gypsum plasters, as an additive of lime plasters, and as a material for making fine and ornamental casts: characterized by its ability to set rapidly when mixed with water.
- play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
- point of contact — (networking) (POC) An individual associated with a particular Internet entity (IP network, domain, ASN).
- point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
- portfolio worker — a person in portfolio employment
- post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- postfix notation — (language) (Or "Reverse Polish Notation", RPN) One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in postfix notation the functions are preceded by all their operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "1 2 +". Postfix notation is well suited for stack based architectures but modern compilers reduced this advantage considerably. The best-known language with postfix syntax is FORTH. Some Hewlett-Packard calculators use it, e.g. HP-25, HP-29C, HP-41C, HP-23SII. Compare: infix notation, prefix notation.
- powerfully built — (of a person, esp a man) big and physically strong, with large muscles
- prespecification — the act of specifying.
- proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
- pseudoscientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- question of fact — a question concerning the reality of an alleged event or circumstance in a trial by jury, usually determined by the jury.
- quinquefoliolate — (botany) Having five leaflets.
- radius of action — the maximum distance that a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle can travel from its base and return without refuelling
- ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.