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19-letter words containing f, e, r, i, c

  • professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
  • radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
  • radius of curvature — the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature at a point on a curve.
  • reciprocity failure — a failure of the two exposure variables, light intensity and exposure time, to behave in a reciprocal fashion at very high or very low values
  • reinforced concrete — concrete containing steel bars, strands, mesh, etc., to absorb tensile and shearing stresses.
  • republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
  • republic of letters — the collective body of literary people.
  • republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
  • reticular formation — a network of neurons in the brainstem involved in consciousness, regulation of breathing, the transmission of sensory stimuli to higher brain centers, and the constantly shifting muscular activity that supports the body against gravity.
  • 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.
  • saccharofarinaceous — pertaining to or consisting of sugar and meal.
  • sacrifice operative — a euphemistic term for a suicide bomber
  • san francisco peaks — a mountain mass in N Arizona: highest point in the state, Humphrey's Peak, 12,611 feet (3845 meters).
  • savings certificate — a certificate of deposit for a specific sum of money in a savings account, especially a deposit for a fixed term at a specified interest rate.
  • secondary infection — an infection resulting from another infection
  • self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
  • self-congratulation — 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-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
  • sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
  • siberian forest cat — a breed of powerfully-built long-haired cat, typically tabby with a white ruff and white paws
  • significant figures — the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure
  • spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
  • specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
  • specific resistance — resistivity (def 2).
  • specific-resistance — the power or property of resistance.
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
  • subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
  • succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
  • surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
  • 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.
  • the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
  • the patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
  • to come full circle — If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.
  • to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
  • traffic engineering — a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.
  • 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.
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
  • under the influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
  • very high frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 megahertz. Abbreviation: VHF.
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