19-letter words containing t, a, f, r

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 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.
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.
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 disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
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 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 grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
the mother of all … — the greatest example of its kind
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 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.
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)
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 off the radar — to no longer be noticed or important
to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
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 engineering — a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.
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.
transformationalism — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
transformationalist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
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
trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
tropic of capricorn — Astronomy. the Goat, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
under the banner of — If someone does something under the banner of a particular cause, idea, or belief, they do it saying that they support that cause, idea, or belief.
under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
unit of measurement — physical quantity
unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
want no part of sth — If you say that you want no part of something, you mean that you do not want to be involved in it at all.
white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
william howard taft — Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.
won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
wouldn't harm a fly — If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle.
xenon tetrafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 4 , prepared by heating a gaseous mixture of fluorine and xenon.

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