18-letter words containing f, e, t, i

sodium thiosulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 3 ⋅5H 2 O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent.
soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
sonic depth finder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
specific viscosity — a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid, expressed as the ratio of the absolute viscosity of the fluid to that of a reference fluid (usually water in the case of liquids)
spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
state of the union — A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead.
statement of claim — law: first pleading
stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
stinking goosefoot — a European goosefoot with foul-smelling leaves
strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
street certificate — a certificate showing ownership of a specified number of shares of stock: endorsed by the owner and guaranteed by a broker, it may be traded without formal transfer on the books of the corporation issuing the stock.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
sweptwing aircraft — an aircraft which has wings that are swept (usually) backwards
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
take a bite out of — If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
take cognizance of — note, acknowledge
tale of two cities — a historical novel (1859) by Dickens.
talk of the devil! — used when an absent person who has been the subject of conversation appears
telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
territory of papua — a former territory of Australia, consisting of SE New Guinea and adjacent islands: now part of Papua New Guinea
the beautiful game — football
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
time of one's life — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
to agree to differ — If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ, they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
to find one's feet — If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully.
to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
to play favourites — to display favouritism
to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
to twist the knife — If you twist the knife or if you turn the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
traffic controller — a person whose job is to control the flow of air traffic
transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.

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