19-letter words containing o, f, h, a
- so what, what of it — You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
- son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
- south african dutch — the Boers.
- south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
- south san francisco — a city in central California.
- spare a thought for — If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
- spirit of hartshorn — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
- spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- 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.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- tetrafluoroethylene — a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable gas, C 2 F 4 , used in the synthesis of certain polymeric resins, as Teflon.
- 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 fat of the land — the best that is obtainable
- the gift of the gab — If someone has the gift of the gab, they are able to speak easily and confidently, and to persuade people. Also the gift of gab, mainly in American English.
- the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- the heat of the day — The heat of the day is the hottest part of the day, especially when this is very hot.
- the mother of all … — the greatest example of its kind
- the oceanic feeling — a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the feeling experienced by people who have religious faith
- 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
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- third 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)
- thomas of woodstock — Duke of Gloucester, 1355–97, English prince (son of Edward III).
- 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.
- to be off the radar — to no longer be noticed or important
- to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
- to have it off/away — To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them.
- to this/that effect — You use to this effect, to that effect, or to the effect that to indicate that you have given or are giving a summary of something that was said or written, and not the actual words used.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- 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
- valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
- wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
- want no part of sth — If you say that you want no part of something, you mean that you do not want to be involved in it at all.
- wash one's hands of — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- william howard taft — Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.
- won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
- wouldn't harm a fly — If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle.
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
- 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.