19-letter words containing a, f, r, e, s, h
- professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
- pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
- reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
- refreshable display — braille display
- research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
- saccharofarinaceous — pertaining to or consisting of sugar and meal.
- scare the pants off — to scare extremely
- scratch the surface — examine superficially
- sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
- shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- spare a thought for — If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
- specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
- spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- the first amendment — in the US the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
- the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- the roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.