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19-letter words containing s, r, f, l, i

  • professionalization — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
  • pseudo-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
  • refreshable display — braille display
  • republic of letters — the collective body of literary people.
  • research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
  • resign oneself (to) — to submit or become reconciled (to); accept (something) passively
  • respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
  • risk excess of loss — Risk excess of loss is a type of reinsurance that is given to an insurer to protect against a single loss or risk incurred at a specified amount.
  • ruffini's corpuscle — an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.
  • sea floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • sea of tranquillity — Astronomy. Mare Tranquillitatis.
  • sea-floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
  • self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
  • self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
  • self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
  • self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • self-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • 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.
  • seven hills of rome — the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built: the Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Caelian, Aventine, Esquiline, and Viminal
  • sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
  • sheet flood erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
  • sir wilfrid laurier — Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
  • sodium hydrosulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 4 , used as a reducing agent, especially in dyeing, and as a bleach.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • strike off the roll — to expel from membership
  • sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • 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 pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
  • thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • transformationalism — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
  • transformationalist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
  • 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.
  • unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
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