19-letter words containing o, f, c, l, r

electrostatic field — an electric field associated with static electric charges
entry qualification — the qualifications and conditions required to join an organization, club, etc
family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
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.
flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
fluophosphoric acid — fluorophosphoric acid.
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 crying out loud — exasperation
foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
four colour theorem — four colour map theorem
four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
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.
frontier technology — innovative or new technology
functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
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.
grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
gulf of carpentaria — a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula
helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
house of councilors — the upper house of the Japanese diet.
hyperbolic function — a function of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances from a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes, as hyperbolic sine or hyperbolic cosine: often expressed as combinations of exponential functions.
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.
incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
inferiority complex — Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness.
inglenook fireplace — a large fireplace with a space on either side
interfacial tension — the surface tension at the interface of two liquids.
interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
judicial conference — a conference of judges held to discuss improvements in methods or judicial procedure through court rules or otherwise.
lagrangian function — kinetic potential.
left-luggage locker — a coin-operated locker in which luggage can be left
letters of credence — credentials issued to a diplomat or other governmental representative for presentation to the country to which he or she is sent.
library of congress — one of the major library collections in the world, located in Washington, D.C., and functioning in some ways as the national library of the U.S. although not officially designated as such: established by Congress in 1800 for service to its members, but now also serving government agencies, other libraries, and the public.
lift the curtain on — to begin
line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
logical shift right — logical shift
low insertion force — (hardware) (LIF) PGA/SPGA sockets with no handle. The integrated circuit is simply pushed into the socket, and levered out to remove. Most motherboard processor sockets are now ZIF rather than LIF.
lyon office of arms — Heralds' Office.
make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
malice aforethought — a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).
mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
mayor of the palace — one of a line of hereditary administrative lieutenants to the Merovingian kings who eventually took over royal function and title in the Frankish kingdoms; a palatine.
miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
non-confrontational — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
not for much longer — if something will not happen for much longer, it will soon stop happening

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