19-letter words containing f, o, s, t, r
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the best of friends — If two people are the best of friends, they are close friends, especially when they have had a disagreement or fight in the past.
- the four corners of — You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
- the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- 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.
- throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
- to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
- to get short shrift — If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
- to keep to yourself — If you keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
- to one's fingertips — entirely; altogether
- to run out of steam — If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
- to strut your stuff — If you strut your stuff, you act in a proud way and show off.
- to tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- transesterification — a reaction between an ester of one alcohol and a second alcohol to form an ester of the second alcohol and an alcohol from the original ester, as that of methyl acetate and ethyl alcohol to form ethyl acetate and methyl alcohol; interesterification.
- transformationalism — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transformationalist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transformer station — a station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers
- 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
- translation of axes — the process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes, parallel to the first, used to write equations of curves not centered about the origin.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- trouble someone for — to ask someone to pass, hand, give, etc. (something) to one
- under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
- unit of measurement — physical quantity
- want no part of sth — If you say that you want no part of something, you mean that you do not want to be involved in it at all.
- white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- whorled loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- yesterday afternoon — during the afternoon of the day preceding today