16-letter words containing ne

find one's voice — If someone finds their voice, they start to speak in spite of fear or surprise or difficult circumstances.
firewall machine — (networking, security) A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
first generation — 1. (architecture) first generation computer. 2. (language) first generation language.
first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
flat-bed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
flettner control — servocontrol (def 3).
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 a/one moment — If you say that you do not believe for a moment or for one moment that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it could possibly be true.
force one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
foundation stone — any of the stones composing the foundation of a building.
franking machine — a machine that franks letters
fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
french telephone — handset (def 1).
from one's heart — very sincerely or deeply
fullness of time — the proper or destined time.
functionlessness — The quality or state of being functionless.
funeral director — a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
funeral expenses — Funeral expenses are the costs of organizing and carrying out a funeral.
gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
general american — any form of American English speech considered to show few regional peculiarities, usually including all dialects except for eastern New England, New York City, Southern, and South Midland (no longer in technical use). Abbreviation: GA.
general assembly — the legislature in some states of the U.S.
general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
general delivery — a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
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 electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
general expenses — miscellaneous expenses
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
general practice — family practice.
general quarters — a condition of readiness for combat on a warship, during which crew members remain at their battle stations and have guns and ammunition ready for immediate loading.
general sessions — a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.
general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
generalizability — The quality of being generalizable.
generation jones — members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s
genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
genetic-engineer — the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.
gerard de nerval — Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
gird one's loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
give someone one — to have sex with someone
glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
go one's own way — If you go your own way, you do what you want rather than what everyone else does or expects.

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