19-letter words containing d, e, f, i, a
- stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
- supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- 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 mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- 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.
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
- unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
- war of independence — American Revolution.
- 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.
- xenon tetrafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 4 , prepared by heating a gaseous mixture of fluorine and xenon.
- yellowtail flounder — a righteyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.