16-letter words containing for
- 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.
- formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
- forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
- fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
- fort sam houston — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in San Antonio, Tex.
- fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
- forward analysis — An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs.
- forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
- forward contract — a contract to buy or sell an asset at a point in the future at a previously agreed price
- forward delivery — delivery at a future date.
- forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
- forward planning — business: making future provisions
- forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
- forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
- francesco sforza — Count Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
- go for your life — an expression of encouragement
- good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
- gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
- have no time for — not tolerate
- head normal form — (theory, reduction) (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
- hell for leather — If you say that someone is going hell for leather, you are emphasizing that they are doing something or are moving very quickly and perhaps carelessly.
- hell-for-leather — characterized by reckless determination or breakneck speed: The sheriff led the posse in a hell-for-leather chase.
- high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
- hold a brief for — to argue for; champion
- how's that for…? — is this satisfactory as regards…?
- hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- if it wasn't for — If you talk about what would happen if it wasn't for someone or something, you mean that they are the only thing that is preventing it from happening.
- information desk — helpdesk, information point
- information pack — a set of leaflets giving information about something
- informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
- job's comforters — a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling.
- johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
- kekule's formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- knock for a loop — a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
- lower california — Baja California.
- make a break for — run towards
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- 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.
- nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
- north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
- once and for all — former; having at one time been: the once and future king.
- one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- one for the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- 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.
- parallel fortran — (language) (Pfortran) Extensions to Fortran by Ridgway Scott <[email protected]> of Houston University. Pfortran provides a shared memory SIMD model on message passing computers. It was under development in 1994.