19-letter words containing f, r, i, s, o

farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
fashion coordinator — a person in a department store or other establishment who coordinates activities centered upon or related to fashion, as fashion themes, shows, displays, and promotion.
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 law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
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-in, first-out — an inventory plan that assumes that items purchased first will be sold first and that by valuing inventory items at the price of the most recent purchases, inventory values will be comparable to any rise in prices. Abbreviation: FIFO . Compare last-in, first-out.
first-past-the-post — A first-past-the-post system for choosing members of parliament or other representatives is one in which the candidate who gets most votes wins.
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.
fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
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
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.
fluophosphoric acid — fluorophosphoric acid.
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
for what it's worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
forensic accountant — an accountant who specializes in applying accountancy skills to the purposes of the law
forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
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.
frameshift mutation — a mutation caused by frameshift.
franco-prussian war — the war between France and Prussia, 1870–71.
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
from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body
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.
give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
gross profit margin — A gross profit margin is a measure of the profitability of a company, that is calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales.
grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
health professional — a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
house of correction — a place for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses and not regarded as confirmed criminals.
house of councilors — the upper house of the Japanese diet.
house of ill repute — a house of prostitution; whorehouse; brothel.
hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
idea of pure reason — any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.
in consideration of — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
in the person of sb — You can use in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.
inflationary spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
informal settlement — a squatter camp

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