16-letter words containing a, f, s, t, o, n
- self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
- shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
- soft brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
- staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- stationary front — a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all.
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
- subjectification — to make subjective.
- 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.
- tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- to stand or fall — If an idea, claim, or attempt stands or falls on something, its truth or success depends on that thing.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- transfer station — a place where residential garbage and commercial wastes are compressed, baled, and loaded on vehicles for moving to disposal sites, as for landfill.
- transformational — the act or process of transforming.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
- woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty