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

  • symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
  • 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 bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 play favourites — to display favouritism
  • 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.
  • treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
  • treaty of rijswijk — a treaty signed at Rijswijk in the Netherlands in 1697, ending the War of the Grand Alliance
  • treaty of waitangi — a treaty signed in 1840 by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government, providing the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
  • triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
  • tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • two-tier financing — a form of lending in which the debt is divided into two separate parts, as in a first and second mortgage held by an individual on a single property
  • ultraviolet filter — a filter used on a lens to absorb ultraviolet radiation that may impart an undesirable blue cast to a photograph.
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • unfair competition — acts done by a seller to confuse or deceive the public with intent to acquire a larger portion of the market, as by cutting prices below cost, misleading advertising, selling a spurious product under a false identity, etc.
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
  • warrant of fitness — a six-monthly certificate required for motor vehicles certifying mechanical soundness
  • water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
  • white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • white-fronted tern — a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata, with a long black bill, a white breast, and a forked tail
  • whitewater rafting — the sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers, esp over rapids
  • wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
  • writ of assistance — a writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises.
  • writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
  • writ of certiorari — certiorari.
  • zone of saturation — the ground below the water table
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