19-letter words containing f, o, l, e, r
- department of labor — the department of the U.S. federal government that promotes and improves the welfare, opportunities, and working conditions of wage earners. Abbreviation: DOL.
- dependable software — software reliability
- dereliction of duty — Dereliction of duty is deliberate or accidental failure to do what you should do as part of your job.
- developable surface — a surface that can be flattened onto a plane without stretching or compressing any part of it, as a circular cone.
- diamond-leaf laurel — a tree, Pittosporum rhombifolium, of Australia, having coarsely toothed, oval or diamond-shaped leaves and white flowers, widely planted as an ornamental in the southwestern U.S.
- disciples of christ — a Christian denomination, founded in the U.S. by Alexander Campbell in the early part of the 19th century, that rejects all creeds, holds the Bible as a sufficient rule of faith and practice, administers baptism by immersion, celebrates the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and has a congregational polity.
- do well for oneself — to thrive or succeed
- drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
- elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
- electromotive force — a source of energy that can cause a current to flow in an electrical circuit or device
- electrostatic field — an electric field associated with static electric charges
- entry qualification — the qualifications and conditions required to join an organization, club, etc
- estate of the realm — an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons
- family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- fault tolerant unix — (operating system) (FTX) Stratus's own Unix System V Release 4 multiprocessor operating system. In 2016, FTX is supported but no longer developed. FTX was one of three operating systems supplied by Stratus on their hardware, the other two, HP-UX and VOS, were the more common choices, FTX was only sold on an exceptional basis. Early FTX 3.x releases used an in-house virtual disk layer (VDL) driver, but later releases switched to a version of Veritas VxVM. FTX supported many of the proprietary communications boards (ISDN, serial, parallel, X.25, etc.).
- february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
- february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
- feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
- fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
- female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
- finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
- first international — a socialistic organization (1864–76) formed to unite and promote the interests of workers throughout the world. Compare international (def 6).
- first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
- first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
- first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
- flame-of-the-forest — a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
- flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
- flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
- floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
- floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
- fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
- focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
- focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
- follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
- for the life of one — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
- four colour theorem — four colour map theorem
- four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
- fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
- fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
- free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
- free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
- frontier technology — innovative or new technology
- functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
- general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
- general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.