19-letter words containing f, i, r, e, h, a
- 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.
- 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.
- paraphase amplifier — an amplifier that produces a push-pull output from a single input.
- 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.
- pillars of hercules — the two promontories at the E end of the Strait of Gibraltar: the Rock of Gibraltar on the European side and the Jebel Musa on the African side; according to legend, formed by Hercules
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
- reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
- refreshable display — braille display
- research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
- saccharofarinaceous — pertaining to or consisting of sugar and meal.
- sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
- 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
- spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- the first amendment — in the US the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
- 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
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- the roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.