19-letter words containing f, r, e, c, h, t
- not for much longer — if something will not happen for much longer, it will soon stop happening
- officer of the deck — a naval duty officer responsible for the operation of the ship in the absence of the captain or the executive officer. Abbreviation: O.O.D.
- open-hearth furnace — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
- scare the pants off — to scare extremely
- scratch the surface — examine superficially
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- 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 patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
- the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
- to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- turn of the century — point when one century becomes another
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- under the influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.