19-letter words containing l, o, r, a

extraterritoriality — (legal) immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
fault tolerant unix — (operating system) (FTX) Stratus's own Unix System V Release 4 multiprocessor operating system. In 2016, FTX is supported but no longer developed. FTX was one of three operating systems supplied by Stratus on their hardware, the other two, HP-UX and VOS, were the more common choices, FTX was only sold on an exceptional basis. Early FTX 3.x releases used an in-house virtual disk layer (VDL) driver, but later releases switched to a version of Veritas VxVM. FTX supported many of the proprietary communications boards (ISDN, serial, parallel, X.25, etc.).
february revolution — Russian Revolution (def 1).
february-revolution — Also called February Revolution. the uprising in Russia in March, 1917 (February Old Style), in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
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-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.
flame-of-the-forest — a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
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
focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
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.
four-o'clock family — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and winged or grooved dry fruit, and including the bougainvillea and four-o'clock.
fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
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.
functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
gain on translation — A gain on translation is the amount of money that is made by a company by converting another currency used in a transaction into the functional currency of the company.
galactic coordinate — Usually, galactic coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates that define the position of a celestial body with reference to the Milky Way.
gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
gastroenterocolitis — (medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon.
gastroenterological — Of or pertaining to gastroenterology.
general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
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.
generic array logic — (hardware, integrated circuit) (GAL) A newer kind of Programmable Array Logic based on EEPROM storage cells, been pioneered by Lattice. GALs can be erased and reprogrammed and usually replace a whole set of different PALs (hence the name).
geneva nomenclature — an internationally accepted system for naming organic carbon compounds.
gentile da fabriano — 1370?–1427, Italian painter.
gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
geocentric parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
geraldton waxflower — an evergreen shrub, Chamelaucium uncinatum, native to W Australia, cultivated for its pale pink flowers
gestational carrier — surrogate mother (def 3).
giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.

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