16-letter words containing af
- affaire de coeur — an affair of the heart; love affair
- affectionateness — The state or quality of being affectionate.
- affirmative flag — a flag having five horizontal stripes, blue, white, red, white, and blue, from top to bottom, signifying “yes”: letter C in the International Code of Signals.
- affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
- african american — a black American of African descent.
- african elephant — a type of elephant that is native to Africa
- african honeybee — killer bee.
- african mahogany — any of several African trees of the meliaceous genus Khaya, esp K. ivorensis, that have wood similar to that of true mahogany
- african marigold — a tropical American plant, Tagetes erecta, cultivated for its yellow or orange flower heads and strongly scented foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- african wild dog — a mottled dog of Africa, Lycaon pictus
- african-american — African-Americans are black people living in the United States who are descended from families that originally came from Africa.
- african-canadian — a Canadian of African descent
- aircraft carrier — An aircraft carrier is a warship with a long, flat deck where aircraft can take off and land.
- auxiliary rafter — a rafter reinforcing a principal rafter.
- chafe at the bit — to be impatient or vexed, as because of delay
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- dafydd ap gwilym — ?1320–?1380, Welsh poet
- drug trafficking — smuggling illegal drugs
- external affairs — (formerly) the Canadian federal Foreign Affairs department
- eyjafjallajökull — a cone-shaped ice cap in south Iceland that covers an active volcano. The volcano’s eruption in 2010 resulted in large high-altitude clouds of volcanic ash that caused major disruption to European passenger air traffic. Height: 1666 m (5466 ft)
- 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.
- 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.
- four-leaf clover — a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.
- homme d'affaires — a businessman.
- inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
- isoplastic graft — syngraft.
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
- leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
- life after death — If you talk about life after death, you are discussing the possibility that people may continue to exist in some form after they die.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
- narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- on the safe side — as a precaution
- paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- permafrost table — the variable surface constituting the upper limit of permafrost. Compare frostline (def 2).
- principal rafter — a diagonal member of a roof principal, usually forming part of a truss and supporting the purlins on which the common rafters rest.
- safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
- safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
- safeguard clause — a clause in a contract, etc, that ensures the protection of something against problems, etc
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- safety standards — standards prescribed (by a regulatory body, etc) that must be adhered to to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
- safety-conscious — conscious of being safe and preventing danger
- self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
- staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
- state of affairs — situation
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