19-letter words containing s, f, e, r

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.
sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
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 one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
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 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 disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
the first amendment — in the US the part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws "respecting an establishment of religion" or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, infringe the freedom of speech, infringe the freedom of the press, limit the right to peaceably assemble, or limit the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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 grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
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.
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 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 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 one's fingertips — entirely; altogether
to run out of steam — If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
to tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely.
traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
transesterification — a reaction between an ester of one alcohol and a second alcohol to form an ester of the second alcohol and an alcohol from the original ester, as that of methyl acetate and ethyl alcohol to form ethyl acetate and methyl alcohol; interesterification.
transference number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
transformer station — a station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers
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.
tricks of the trade — expert techniques
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
under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
unit of measurement — physical quantity
upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
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.
white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
whorled loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
yesterday afternoon — during the afternoon of the day preceding today

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