19-letter words containing fi

non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
north pacific ocean — the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.
not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
office-block ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated.
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 first name terms — If two people are on first-name terms, they know each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
pancreatic fibrosis — cystic fibrosis.
paraphase amplifier — an amplifier that produces a push-pull output from a single input.
performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
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.
point the finger at — to accuse or blame
post office problem — (algorithm) Given a set of points (in N dimensions), find another point which minimises the sum of the distances from that point to each of the others.
private first class — a soldier ranking above a private and below a corporal or specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army, and above a private and below a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.
profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
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.
queensland lungfish — a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere
ruffini's corpuscle — an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.
sacrifice operative — a euphemistic term for a suicide bomber
savings certificate — a certificate of deposit for a specific sum of money in a savings account, especially a deposit for a fixed term at a specified interest rate.
scientific notation — a method for expressing a given quantity as a number having significant digits necessary for a specified degree of accuracy, multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power, as 1385.62 written as 1.386 × 10 3 .
self identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
significant figures — the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure
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.
south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
specific resistance — resistivity (def 2).
specific-resistance — the power or property of resistance.
speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
take five, take ten — If someone tells you to take five or to take ten, they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing.
the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
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 scottish office — (formerly) a department of the UK government under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland, responsible for a wide range of functions relating to Scotland. Most of these are now (since 1999) the responsibility of the Scottish government; the others are the responsibility of the Scotland Office
thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
to fit like a glove — If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.
to one's fingertips — entirely; altogether
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.
unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters

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