19-letter words containing f, a, m, e, u
- step-up transformer — a device that transfers an alternating current from one circuit to one or more other circuits with an increase of voltage
- subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
- to make a fast buck — When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest.
- to run out of steam — If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
- transference number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
- unit of measurement — physical quantity
- unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
- vacuum coffee maker — a coffee pot with upper and lower glass units, the upper for ground coffee and the lower for water that, when boiled, rises through the filter-stoppered bottom of the upper unit and remains there until drawn back down to the lower unit as brewed coffee by a reduction in pressure caused by the removal of heat.
- yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.