16-letter words containing t, u, r, f, e, n

furniture polish — product: shines wood
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
inverse function — the function that replaces another function when the dependent and independent variables of the first function are interchanged for an appropriate set of values of the dependent variable. In y = sin x and x = arc sin y, the inverse function of sine is arc sine.
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
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.
nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
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.
period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
quarter-finalist — A quarter-finalist is a person or team that is competing in a quarter-final.
run interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
street furniture — pieces of equipment, such as streetlights and pillar boxes, placed in the street for the benefit of the public
superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
surface-printing — planography.
sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
tanagra figurine — a small terra-cotta statuette produced from the late 4th to the 3rd century b.c. in Tanagra, Boeotia, and found chiefly in tombs.
the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
the four hundred — the most exclusive or affluent social clique in a particular place
the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
transfer student — a student who moves from one institution or course to another at the same level (e.g. undergraduate)
transverse flute — the normal orchestral flute, as opposed to the recorder (or fipple flute)
tread under foot — to oppress
treaty of verdun — an agreement reached in 843 ad by three grandsons of Charlemagne, dividing his empire into an E kingdom (later Germany), a W kingdom (later France), and a middle kingdom (containing what became the Low Countries, Lorraine, Burgundy, and N Italy)
twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
undifferentiated — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.

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