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19-letter words containing t, h, e, f

  • nothing of the sort — not at all as described
  • officer of the deck — a naval duty officer responsible for the operation of the ship in the absence of the captain or the executive officer. Abbreviation: O.O.D.
  • on the threshold of — If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it.
  • on top of the world — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
  • one after the other — one at a time
  • one of those things — something that cannot be avoided, helped, changed, etc.
  • open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
  • open-hearth furnace — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
  • order of the garter — the highest order of British knighthood, instituted by Edward III about 1348.
  • oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
  • out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
  • out of the question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
  • paschen-back effect — a splitting of spectral lines observed when the source of a radiation is subjected to a strong magnetic field, caused when the vectors associated with the spin and orbital angular momentum exhibit individual rather than common precession.
  • phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • photovoltaic effect — the phenomenon in which the incidence of light or other electromagnetic radiation upon the junction of two dissimilar materials, as a metal and a semiconductor, induces the generation of an electromotive force.
  • piece of the action — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
  • pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
  • play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • point the finger at — to accuse or blame
  • put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
  • put on the feed bag — Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.
  • rapture of the deep — nitrogen narcosis.
  • reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
  • reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
  • right-eyed flounder — any of several flatfishes of the family Pleuronectidae, having both eyes on the right side of the head.
  • scare the pants off — to scare extremely
  • school of the squad — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
  • scratch the surface — examine superficially
  • sheet flood erosion — Geology. erosion by sheets of running water, rather than by streams.
  • shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
  • shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
  • 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.
  • soft-shelled turtle — any of numerous aquatic turtles of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin instead of horny plates.
  • son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
  • south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
  • soviet of the union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
  • spare a thought for — If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
  • specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • 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.
  • straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strike off the roll — to expel from membership
  • sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
  • surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
  • switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
  • 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.
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