19-letter words containing f, i, c, t, o
- ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
- 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 sit on the fence — If you sit on the fence, you avoid supporting a particular side in a discussion or argument.
- to the exclusion of — If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
- to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
- 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.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- tropic of capricorn — Astronomy. the Goat, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.