16-letter words containing t, r, o, i, a

fish or cut bait — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
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
flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
flotation collar — an inflatable device worn around the neck to keep the wearer afloat when in danger of drowning
food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
food irradiation — the exposure of food to electromagnetic radiation to kill bacteria and retard deterioration
fool around with — have casual sex
for a/one minute — If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.
for the duration — If you say that something will happen for the duration, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
for the meantime — For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens.
forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
fore and aft rig — a sail set in a line from one end the other of a vessel rather than in a square
fore-and-aft rig — a rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft.
foreign national — citizen of another country
formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
formation packer — A formation packer is a substance that is used as a seal between the casing and the borehole so that part of the hole can be tested.
fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
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.
free association — the uncensored expression of the ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of the analysand, a technique used to facilitate access to the unconscious.
friction gearing — wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.
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 group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
galactic equator — the great circle on the celestial sphere that is equidistant from the galactic poles, being inclined approximately 62° to the celestial equator and lying about one degree north of the center line of the Milky Way.
gamma correction — (hardware) Adjustments applied during the display of a digital representation of colour on a screen in order to compensate for the fact that the Cathode Ray Tubes used in computer monitors (and televisions) produce a light intensity which is not proportional to the input voltage. The light intensity is actually proportional to the input voltage raised to the inverse power of some constant, called gamma. Its value varies from one display to another, but is usually around 2.5. Because it is more intuitive for the colour components (red, green and blue) to be varied linearly in the computer, the actual voltages sent to the monitor by the display hardware must be adjusted in order to make the colour component intensity on the screen proportional to the value stored in the computer's display memory. This process is most easily achieved by a dedicated module in the display hardware which simply scales the outputs of the display memory before sending them to the digital-to-analogue converters. More expensive graphics cards and workstations (particularly those used for CAD applications) will have a gamma correction facility. In combination with the "white-point" gamma correction is used to achieve precise colour matching.
gastro-resistant — A gastro-resistant tablet is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid.
gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
gender-normative — cisgender.
general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
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 hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
generation jones — members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s
geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car

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