19-letter words containing f, i, p
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- to one's fingertips — entirely; altogether
- to tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely.
- to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
- tropic of capricorn — Astronomy. the Goat, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
- unlawful possession — possession of substances or items (such as drugs or guns) for which criminal sanctions exist because they may not be legally possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances
- upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
- wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
- war of independence — American Revolution.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- writ of prohibition — a command by a higher court that a lower court shall not exercise jurisdiction in a particular case.