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

  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
  • superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
  • term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
  • theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • 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 the prejudice of — to the detriment of
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • under the influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • unit of measurement — physical quantity
  • unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
  • 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.
  • xenon tetrafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 4 , prepared by heating a gaseous mixture of fluorine and xenon.
  • yellowtail flounder — a righteyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.
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