19-letter words containing f, e, l, o, s

life-support system — A life-support system is the same as a life-support machine.
lift up one's voice — to speak out loudly
limit of resolution — the capacity of an optical system to resolve point objects as separate images.
line-of-battle ship — ship of the line.
live one's own life — If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference.
look (like) oneself — to appear to be in normal health, spirits, etc.
lose in the shuffle — to leave out or disregard in the confusion of things
loss-of-containment — Loss-of-containment happens when a fluid which is usually contained somewhere escapes from that place.
love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
low insertion force — (hardware) (LIF) PGA/SPGA sockets with no handle. The integrated circuit is simply pushed into the socket, and levered out to remove. Most motherboard processor sockets are now ZIF rather than LIF.
luminous efficiency — the perceived brightness of light as a ratio of the total luminous flux to total radiant flux of the source; a measure of brightness obtained by dividing the source's luminous flux by the consumption of its energy.
lyon office of arms — Heralds' Office.
make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
master of the rolls — (in England and Wales) the judge who presides over the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and who was formerly Keeper of the Records at the Public Record Office
miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
network file system — (networking, operating system) (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless. See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
norfolk island pine — a coniferous evergreen tree, Araucaria heterophylla (or A. excelsa), having whorled branches and needlelike foliage, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
on someone's behalf — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
on the threshold of — If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
oysters rockefeller — oysters topped typically with cooked spinach, cream sauce or butter, bacon, and seasonings, and broiled in a bed of rock salt: served on a half shell
peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
pillars of hercules — the two promontories at the E end of the Strait of Gibraltar: the Rock of Gibraltar on the European side and the Jebel Musa on the African side; according to legend, formed by Hercules
pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
plastic deformation — In plastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it and does not go back to its original state when the stress is removed.
play fast and loose — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
post office problem — (algorithm) Given a set of points (in N dimensions), find another point which minimises the sum of the distances from that point to each of the others.
post-and-rail fence — a fence constructed of upright wooden posts with horizontal timber slotted through it
potassium bisulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KHSO 4 , used chiefly in the conversion of tartrates to bitartrates.
professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
professionalization — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
pseudo-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
republic of letters — the collective body of literary people.
research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
resign oneself (to) — to submit or become reconciled (to); accept (something) passively
respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
risk excess of loss — Risk excess of loss is a type of reinsurance that is given to an insurer to protect against a single loss or risk incurred at a specified amount.
ruffini's corpuscle — an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.
san fernando valley — valley in SW Calif., partly in NW Los Angeles: c. 260 sq mi (673 sq km)

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