18-letter words containing f, r, a, c, t, e
- street certificate — a certificate showing ownership of a specified number of shares of stock: endorsed by the owner and guaranteed by a broker, it may be traded without formal transfer on the books of the corporation issuing the stock.
- subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
- surface-to-surface — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from a base on the surface of the earth to a target also on the surface.
- sweptwing aircraft — an aircraft which has wings that are swept (usually) backwards
- the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
- theater of cruelty — a form of surrealist theater originated by Antonin Artaud and emphasizing the cruelty of human existence by portraying sadistic acts and intense suffering.
- theatre of cruelty — a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain, suffering, and evil, using gesture, movement, sound, and symbolism rather than language
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- to fall from grace — If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- traffic controller — a person whose job is to control the flow of air traffic
- transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
- 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
- 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
- ultralow frequency — an electromagnetic wave with a frequency between 300 and 3000 hertz. Abbreviation: ULF, ulf.
- 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
- ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
- weather forecaster — meteorologist
- 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.
- 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.