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

  • strike off the roll — to expel from membership
  • sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
  • 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.
  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • tetrafluoroethylene — a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable gas, C 2 F 4 , used in the synthesis of certain polymeric resins, as Teflon.
  • 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 end of the road — If a process or person has reached the end of the road, they are unable to progress any further.
  • 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 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 roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
  • the top of the tree — If you say that someone is at the top of the tree, you mean that they have reached the highest level in their career or profession.
  • the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
  • theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • 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 get short shrift — If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
  • to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • turn of the century — point when one century becomes another
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.
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