19-letter words containing f, e, r, t

nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
north pacific ocean — the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.
north-west frontier — the area roughly equivalent to the present North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is the days of the British Raj was regarded as one of the most remote and dangerous outposts of the British Empire
not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
not for much longer — if something will not happen for much longer, it will soon stop happening
nothing of the sort — not at all as described
officer of the deck — a naval duty officer responsible for the operation of the ship in the absence of the captain or the executive officer. Abbreviation: O.O.D.
on first name terms — If two people are on first-name terms, they know each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
on the threshold of — If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
on top of the world — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
one after the other — one at a time
open-hearth furnace — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
orange flower water — a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
order of the garter — the highest order of British knighthood, instituted by Edward III about 1348.
oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
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
pancreatic fibrosis — cystic fibrosis.
parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
patent infringement — breach of copyright
perfect competition — when neither producer nor consumer controls price
perfect progressive — a verb form including the auxiliary have followed by been and a present participle, noting the continuation of an activity or event, its incompleteness or interruption, and its connection to the temporal point of reference, as in I've been waiting for over an hour, They had been talking about her before she came into the room, or In July, he will have been living here for two years.
perfoliate bellwort — a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
performance anxiety — the stage fright that a person feels when they are about to perform (a play, piece of music etc) in front of an audience
performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
persian gulf states — group of Arab sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, & United Arab Emirates
persistent offender — a person who repeatedly breaks the law
personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
pirates of penzance — an operetta (1879) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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.
pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
point the finger at — to accuse or blame
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
preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
private first class — a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
professionalization — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
put one's finger on — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
queen street farmer — a businessman who runs a farm, often for a tax loss
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.
rapture of the deep — nitrogen narcosis.
rate of penetration — The rate of penetration is the speed with which a drill bit can break the rock under it.
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
reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
reference electrode — an electrode of known oxidation potential used in determining the electromotive force of a galvanic cell.
reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia

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