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19-letter words containing h, o, r, n, f, e

  • more often than not — usually
  • mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
  • nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
  • nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • north pacific ocean — the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.
  • north-west frontier — the area roughly equivalent to the present North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is the days of the British Raj was regarded as one of the most remote and dangerous outposts of the British Empire
  • not for much longer — if something will not happen for much longer, it will soon stop happening
  • nothing of the sort — not at all as described
  • on the threshold of — If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
  • on top of the world — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
  • one after the other — one at a time
  • 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.
  • oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
  • out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
  • parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • point the finger at — to accuse or blame
  • professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
  • pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
  • put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
  • right-eyed flounder — any of several flatfishes of the family Pleuronectidae, having both eyes on the right side of the head.
  • saccharofarinaceous — pertaining to or consisting of sugar and meal.
  • scare the pants off — to scare extremely
  • seven hills of rome — the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built: the Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Caelian, Aventine, Esquiline, and Viminal
  • sheet flood erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
  • sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • tetrafluoroethylene — a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable gas, C 2 F 4 , used in the synthesis of certain polymeric resins, as Teflon.
  • 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 end of the road — If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further.
  • 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 roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
  • the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
  • 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.
  • turn of the century — point when one century becomes another
  • under the banner of — If someone does something under the banner of a particular cause, idea, or belief, they do it saying that they support that cause, idea, or belief.
  • under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
  • 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.
  • won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
  • yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.
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