19-letter words containing f, l, i, t, s
- post-and-rail fence — a fence constructed of upright wooden posts with horizontal timber slotted through it
- potassium bisulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KHSO 4 , used chiefly in the conversion of tartrates to bitartrates.
- private first class — a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
- professionalization — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
- reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
- republic of letters — the collective body of literary people.
- resign oneself (to) — to submit or become reconciled (to); accept (something) passively
- respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
- sea of tranquillity — Astronomy. Mare Tranquillitatis.
- self identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
- self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
- self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- self-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
- self-levelling foot — (on furniture, washing-machines, etc) a foot that adjusts to let the item in question stand in a steady position
- self-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
- self-representation — the act of representing.
- self-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- self-transformation — the act or process of transforming.
- seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
- sentential function — an expression that contains one or more variables and becomes meaningful when suitable constant terms are substituted for them.
- sheet flood erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
- shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
- single life annuity — A single life annuity is an annuity where only one life is covered.
- sodium hydrosulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 4 , used as a reducing agent, especially in dyeing, and as a bleach.
- solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
- specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
- speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
- strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
- strike off the roll — to expel from membership
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- 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.
- the likes of sb/sth — You can talk about the likes of someone or something to refer to people or things of a particular type.
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- 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.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- transformationalism — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transformationalist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transitional relief — a form of tax relief, designed to smooth large changes in liability, which operates by restricting the proportion by which liability may change per year, both upwards and downwards