19-letter words containing s, u, r, f, i, n
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- put one's finger on — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- ruffini's corpuscle — an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.
- saccharofarinaceous — pertaining to or consisting of sugar and meal.
- sea of tranquillity — Astronomy. Mare Tranquillitatis.
- 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-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
- seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
- significant figures — the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure
- solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
- south african dutch — the Boers.
- south san francisco — a city in central California.
- 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.
- staff-student ratio — the ratio of teachers to pupils or students in a school, college, or university
- stanford university — (education) A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
- store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
- subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
- 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).
- superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
- superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
- 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.
- theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
- 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.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.