19-letter words containing o, f
- strike off the roll — to expel from membership
- succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
- superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
- 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.
- take it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- take my word for it — If you say to someone 'take my word for it', you mean that they should believe you because you are telling the truth.
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- take one's mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
- 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.
- tetralogy of fallot — a congenital malformation of the heart characterized by an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles, misplacement of the aorta so that it receives blood from both ventricles instead of only the left ventricle, narrowing of the pulmonary artery, and enlargement of the right ventricle.
- 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 eye of the wind — the direction from which the wind is blowing
- the fat of the land — the best that is obtainable
- the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
- 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 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 likes of sb/sth — You can talk about the likes of someone or something to refer to people or things of a particular type.
- 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
- the scottish office — (formerly) a department of the UK government under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland, responsible for a wide range of functions relating to Scotland. Most of these are now (since 1999) the responsibility of the Scottish government; the others are the responsibility of the Scotland Office
- the song of solomon — a book of the Old Testament consisting of a collection of dramatic love poems traditionally ascribed to Solomon
- the top of the tree — If you say that someone is at the top of the tree, you mean that they have reached the highest level in their career or profession.
- the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
- the-song-of-solomon — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Sol.
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- think nothing of it — If something happens and you think nothing of it, you do not pay much attention to it or think of it as strange or important, although later you realize that it is.
- 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.
- ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
- to be full of beans — If someone is full of beans, they are very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- to be off the radar — to no longer be noticed or important
- to come full circle — If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.
- to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
- to fit like a glove — If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.
- to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
- to get short shrift — If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
- to have it off/away — To have it off with someone or have it away with someone means to have sex with them.
- to keep to yourself — If you keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
- to let go of sb/sth — If you let go of someone or something, you stop holding them.
- to make a fast buck — When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest.