19-letter words containing f, o, u, r, s
- stratford-upon-avon — town in S Warwickshire, England, on the Avon: birthplace & burial place of Shakespeare: pop. of county district (called Stratford-on-Avon) 106,000
- succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
- superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- 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.
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- 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 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 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.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- 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
- upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
- venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.