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19-letter words containing s, e, l, f, n

  • self-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
  • self-representation — the act of representing.
  • self-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • self-transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
  • sentential function — an expression that contains one or more variables and becomes meaningful when suitable constant terms are substituted for them.
  • 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.
  • shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
  • siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
  • single life annuity — A single life annuity is an annuity where only one life is covered.
  • solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
  • sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
  • splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
  • switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
  • 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.
  • term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
  • the song of solomon — a book of the Old Testament consisting of a collection of dramatic love poems traditionally ascribed to Solomon
  • the-song-of-solomon — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Sol.
  • thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
  • 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 full of beans — If someone is full of beans, they are very lively and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
  • 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 the exclusion of — If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • transitional relief — a form of tax relief, designed to smooth large changes in liability, which operates by restricting the proportion by which liability may change per year, both upwards and downwards
  • translation of axes — the process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes, parallel to the first, used to write equations of curves not centered about the origin.
  • trouble someone for — to ask someone to pass, hand, give, etc. (something) to one
  • unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
  • unlawful possession — possession of substances or items (such as drugs or guns) for which criminal sanctions exist because they may not be legally possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances
  • 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.
  • venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
  • wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
  • yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
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