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19-letter words containing f, e, a, s, t, o

  • self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
  • self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
  • self-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • self-representation — the act of representing.
  • self-transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • sentential function — an expression that contains one or more variables and becomes meaningful when suitable constant terms are substituted for them.
  • shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
  • shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
  • siberian forest cat — a breed of powerfully-built long-haired cat, typically tabby with a white ruff and white paws
  • sign of aggregation — any of the signs used to indicate grouping in an algebraic expression: vinculum, bar, or raised horizontal line, ; a pair of parentheses, (a + b); a pair of brackets, [ a + b ]; or a pair of braces, { a + b }.
  • son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
  • sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
  • 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.
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
  • splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • staff-student ratio — the ratio of teachers to pupils or students in a school, college, or university
  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
  • step-up transformer — a device that transfers an alternating current from one circuit to one or more other circuits with an increase of voltage
  • straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
  • 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.
  • take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
  • take one's mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
  • the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • to be full of beans — If someone is full of beans, they are very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
  • 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.
  • to tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely.
  • to this/that effect — You use to this effect, to that effect, or to the effect that to indicate that you have given or are giving a summary of something that was said or written, and not the actual words used.
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • transesterification — a reaction between an ester of one alcohol and a second alcohol to form an ester of the second alcohol and an alcohol from the original ester, as that of methyl acetate and ethyl alcohol to form ethyl acetate and methyl alcohol; interesterification.
  • transformer station — a station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers
  • transitional relief — a form of tax relief, designed to smooth large changes in liability, which operates by restricting the proportion by which liability may change per year, both upwards and downwards
  • translation of axes — the process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes, parallel to the first, used to write equations of curves not centered about the origin.
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
  • unit of measurement — physical quantity
  • valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
  • wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
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