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17-letter words containing a, f, o, r, t, i

  • a different story — You use a different story to refer to a situation, usually a bad one, which exists in one set of circumstances when you have mentioned that it does not exist in another set of circumstances.
  • abstract of title — a summary of the ownership of land, showing the original grant, conveyances, and any incumbrances
  • acetylformic acid — pyruvic acid.
  • act of contrition — a short prayer of penitence
  • act of parliament — a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent
  • act of toleration — the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions.
  • act of uniformity — any of the three statutes (1549, 1559, 1662) regulating public worship services in the Anglican Church, especially the act of 1662 requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
  • affiliation order — (formerly) an order made by a magistrates' court that a man adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child shall contribute a specified periodic sum towards the child's maintenance
  • afternoon session — a part of an event taking place in the afternoon
  • aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
  • age of discretion — the age at which a person is considered to be able to manage his or her own affairs
  • aircraft observer — U.S. Army. observer (def 4).
  • aircraft-observer — someone or something that observes.
  • alpha-fetoprotein — a protein that forms in the liver of the human fetus. Excessive quantities in the amniotic fluid and maternal blood may indicate spina bifida in the fetus; low levels may point to Down's syndrome
  • american football — American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
  • an effort of will — If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
  • angle of friction — the angle of a plane to the horizontal when a body placed on the plane will just start to slide. The tangent of the angle of friction is the coefficient of static friction
  • anti-inflammatory — reducing inflammation
  • anti-inflationary — of or relating to measures to counteract or combat inflation
  • anti-profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • antiferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance in which, at sufficiently low temperatures, the magnetic moments of adjacent atoms point in opposite directions.
  • antiproliferation — opposing an increase in nuclear weapons, especially in allowing additional countries to obtain them.
  • antiproliferative — of or relating to a substance used to prevent or retard the spread of cells, especially malignant cells, into surrounding tissues.
  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • archconfraternity — a confraternity having the right to associate itself with confraternities that are similar to it, and to impart to them its privileges and indulgences.
  • arresting officer — the police officer making an arrest
  • artificial person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • as far as it goes — If you say that something is good as far as it goes or true so far as it goes, you mean that it is good or true only to a limited extent.
  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • associate of arts — a degree granted especially by junior colleges after completion of two years of study. Abbreviation: A.A.
  • association fiber — any of several nerve fibers connecting different areas of the cerebral cortex in the same hemisphere.
  • at the service of — To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  • attorneys-in-fact — a person authorized by power of attorney to act on the authorizer's behalf outside a court of law.
  • axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • bathroom fittings — plumbing fixtures or accessories suitable for use in a bathroom
  • battle of britain — (in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
  • bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
  • bill of attainder — (formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him attainted
  • biological father — the man whose semen fertilized the ovum from which a child was born
  • biotransformation — the metabolizing of some substance, esp. a drug, in the body
  • birth of a nation — an American film (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith.
  • blood transfusion — A blood transfusion is a process in which blood is injected into the body of a person who is badly injured or ill.
  • board of estimate — a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.
  • breathe life into — revive, rejuvenate
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
  • california nutmeg — a tall, pungently aromatic California evergreen tree, Torreya californica, of the yew family, having a fissured, gray-brown bark and small, purple-streaked, green fruit.
  • california privet — a privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium, of the olive family, native to Japan, having glossy, oval leaves and long clusters of white flowers, widely used for hedges in the U.S.
  • capital formation — the net additions to a capital stock in an accounting period
  • carbon offsetting — a program in which a company, country, etc., reduces or offsets its carbon emissions through the funding of activities and projects that improve the environment: Carbon offsetting does not always have a quantifiable impact on the planet.

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