19-letter words containing ort
- shortness of breath — respiratory difficulty
- the roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
- to be running short — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- to get short shrift — If someone or something gets short shrift, they are paid very little attention.
- to shorten the odds — To shorten the odds on something happening means to make it more likely to happen. To lengthen the odds means to make it less likely to happen. You can also say that the odds shorten or lengthen.
- under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
- wraparound mortgage — a mortgage, as a second mortgage, that includes payments on a previous mortgage that continues in effect.