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21-letter words containing a, f, e

  • a breath of fresh air — a refreshing change from what one is used to
  • a crying need for sth — If you say that there is a crying need for something, you mean that there is a very great need for it.
  • a fine kettle of fish — an awkward situation; mess
  • a finger in every pie — If you say that someone has a finger in every pie, you mean they are involved in a lot of things.
  • a fly in the ointment — If you describe someone or something as a fly in the ointment, you think they spoil a situation and prevent it being as successful as you had hoped.
  • a foregone conclusion — You can refer to something that seems certain to happen as a foregone conclusion.
  • a good bet/a safe bet — If you say that it is a good bet or a safe bet that something is true or will happen, you are saying that it is extremely likely to be true or to happen.
  • a home away from home — You can say a home away from home to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own home.
  • a level playing field — You talk about a level playing field to mean a situation that is fair, because no competitor or opponent in it has an advantage over another.
  • a nasty piece of work — If you say that someone is a nasty piece of work, you mean that they are very unkind or unpleasant.
  • a piece of the action — If someone wants to have a piece of the action or a slice of the action, they want to take part in an exciting activity or situation, usually in order to make money or become more important.
  • a recipe for disaster — If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences.
  • a run for one's money — a strong challenge or close competition
  • a sight for sore eyes — a person or thing that one is pleased or relieved to see
  • a world of difference — If you say that there is a world of difference between one thing and another, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other.
  • accommodation officer — a person employed by an institution or organization, whose job it is to find accommodation for the people who attend that institution, esp for students at a university or college
  • accreditation officer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of the accreditation of an educational institution
  • add fuel to something — If something adds fuel to a conflict or debate, or adds fuel to the fire, it makes the conflict or debate more intense.
  • affine transformation — (mathematics)   A linear transformation followed by a translation. Given a matrix M and a vector v, A(x) = Mx + v is a typical affine transformation.
  • african cherry-orange — a citrus shrub or small tree, Citropsis schweinfurthi, of Africa, having a limelike but sweet fruit.
  • afro-american english — Black English (def 1).
  • afro-american studies — black studies.
  • after one's own heart — appealing to one's own disposition, taste, or tendencies
  • afternoon performance — a performance during the afternoon, rather than the evening
  • aleksandra fyodorovna — Alexandra Feodorovna.
  • alliance for progress — a program of foreign aid presented by President Kennedy to help solve the economic and social problems of Latin America.
  • aluminum fluosilicate — a white, water-soluble powder, Al 2 (SiF 6) 3 , used in the manufacture of optical glass and of synthetic sapphires and rubies.
  • ammonioferric oxalate — ferric ammonium oxalate.
  • analects of confucius — Chinese Lun Yü. a compilation of the discourses, maxims, and aphorisms of Confucius, dating from the 4th century b.c.
  • anatomy of melancholy — a philosophical treatise (1621) by Robert Burton.
  • angle of polarization — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
  • annual change traffic — (software)   (ACT) The fraction of the software product's source code which changes during a year, either through addition or modification. The ACT can be used to determine the product size in order to estimate software maintenance effort.
  • anointing of the sick — a sacrament in which a person who is seriously ill or dying is anointed by a priest with consecrated oil
  • anti-aircraft defence — military measures or resources aimed at destroying enemy aircraft
  • anti-aircraft missile — a missile intended to destroy enemy aircraft
  • antiferromagnetically — In an antiferromagnetic manner.
  • antihemophilic factor — a protein that is essential to normal blood clotting and is lacking or deficient in persons having hemophilia A. Abbreviation: AHF.
  • antimony pentasulfide — a deep-yellow, water-insoluble powder, Sb 2 S 5 , used chiefly as a pigment in oil and water colors.
  • applications software — application program
  • apres-midi d'un faune — L'Après-midi d'un Faune.
  • articles of agreement — a contract between the captain of a ship and a crew member regarding stipulations of a voyage, signed prior to and upon termination of a voyage.
  • as a matter of course — If you do something as a matter of course, you do it as part of your normal work or way of life.
  • at the end of the day — You say at the end of the day when you are talking about what happens after a long series of events or what appears to be the case after you have considered the relevant facts.
  • athenaeus of attaleia — Greek physician in Rome, fl. a.d. c40–65.
  • atomic unit of length — (in the Bohr atom) the radius of the electron orbit having the lowest energy.
  • augustin jean fresnelAugustin Jean, 1788–1827, French physicist.
  • away with the fairies — out of touch with reality
  • axial-flow compressor — a device for compressing a gas by accelerating it tangentially by means of bladed rotors, to increase its kinetic energy, and then diffusing it through static vanes (stators), to increase its pressure
  • baja california norte — a state of NW Mexico, in the N part of the Lower California peninsula. Capital: Mexicali. Pop: 2 487 700 (2000). Area: about 71 500 sq km (27 600 sq miles)
  • be (one) too many for — to defeat; overwhelm

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