21-letter words containing a, d, i

third party procedure — impleader.
third-party insurance — insurance that compensates for a loss to a party other than the insured for which the insured is liable.
three-quarter binding — a binding in which the material used for the back extends further over the covers than in half binding.
threshold wage policy — a policy whereby wages are increased in accordance with inflation
tide-generating force — the difference between the force of gravity exerted by the moon or the sun on a particle of water in the ocean and that exerted on an equal mass of matter at the centre of the earth. The lunar tide-generating forces are about 2.2 times greater than are the solar ones
time and motion study — the systematic investigation and analysis of the motions and the time required to perform a specific operation or task with a view to seeking more efficient methods of production as well as setting time standards.
to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
to be in dire straits — to be in a position of acute difficulty
to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
to kill a mockingbird — a novel (1960) by Harper Lee.
to lay down your life — If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live.
to let your hair down — If you let your hair down, you relax completely and enjoy yourself.
to live hand to mouth — If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
to play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.
to rear its ugly head — If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
to sow your wild oats — If a young person sows their wild oats, they behave in a rather uncontrolled way, especially by having a lot of sexual relationships.
to take the high road — to take the course of action which is safest and most familiar
to take your mind off — If something takes your mind off a problem or unpleasant situation, it helps you to forget about it for a while.
trades union congress — The Trades Union Congress in Britain is the same as the TUC.
transactinide element — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
trichloroacetaldehyde — chloral (def 1).
tripartite and fretty — (of a cross) having the limbs divided into three longitudinal strips each, intermingled in the manner of those in a cross parted and fretty.
tsutsugamushi disease — scrub typhus.
turn state's evidence — If someone who is accused of a crime turns state's evidence, they agree to give evidence in a law court against another person such as a former accomplice, usually in exchange for a reduced sentence for themselves.
undesirable discharge — a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.
universal disk format — (storage, standard) (UDF) A CD-ROM file system standard that is required for DVD ROMs. UDF is the OSTA's replacement for the ISO 9660 file system used on CD-ROMs, but will be mostly used on DVD. DVD multimedia disks use UDF to contain MPEG audio and video streams. To read DVDs you need a DVD drive, the kernel driver for the drive, MPEG video support, and a UDF driver. DVDs containing both UDF filesystems and ISO 9660 filesystems can be read without UDF support. UDF can also be used by CD-R and CD-RW recorders in packet writing mode.
university of iceland — (body, education) The Home of Fjolnir.
up hill and down dale — strenuously and persistently
vertically challenged — short in stature.
virtual device driver — (operating system) (VxD) A device driver under Windows 3.x/Windows 95 running as part of the kernel and thus having access to the memory of the kernel and all running processes as well as raw access to the hardware. VxD's usually have the filename extension .386 under Windows 3.x and .vxd under Windows 95. VxD's written for Windows 3.x can be used under Windows 95 but not vice versa.
vladivostok agreement — a preliminary arms control accord concluded by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Gerald Ford in Vladivostok, U.S.S.R., in December 1974.
voluntary liquidation — the process of voluntarily terminating the affairs of a business, firm, etc, by realizing its assets to discharge its liabilities or the state of a business firm, etc, having its affairs so terminated
washington's birthday — February 22, formerly observed as a legal holiday in most states of the U.S. in honor of the birth of George Washington.
watenstedt-salzgitter — former name of Salzgitter.
whip-and-tongue graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and inserting a tongue in the scion into a slit in the stock.
whistling in the dark — If you say that someone is whistling in the dark, you mean that they are trying to remain brave and convince themselves that the situation is not as bad as it seems.
white-crowned sparrow — a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.
white-knuckle paddler — an inexpert and timid canoeist.
wholesale price index — an indicator of price changes in the wholesale market
wildlife photographer — someone that specializes in taking photographs of wild animals, especially in their natural habitats, and plants
with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.
word association test — a technique for determining a subject's associative pattern by providing a verbal stimulus to which a verbal response is required.
word-association test — a psychological test in which the person being tested responds to a given word with the first word (or the first word in a specified category, such as an antonym) brought to mind
xeroderma pigmentosum — a rare inherited disease characterized by sensitivity to ultraviolet light, exposure resulting in lesions and tumors of the skin and eyes.
yellow lady's-slipper — a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple-tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal.
yellow-throated vireo — an olive-green vireo, Vireo flavifrons, of eastern North America, having a bright yellow throat and breast.

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