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28-letter words containing a, h, r

  • a poster child for something — a person who is a good, or typical example of something; a prominent exemplar of something
  • a shot across someone's bows — a warning
  • a square peg in a round hole — If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are completely unsuitable for the job they are doing or the situation they are in.
  • antidisestablishmentarianism — opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
  • apple-touch-icon-precomposed — (programming)   An alternative form of apple-touch-icon that is not subject to automatic modification (rounding, drop-shadow, reflective shine) as applied by iOS versions prior to iOS 7. A web page specifies a pre-composed icon by including an element in the like:
  • arms akimbo/with arms akimbo — If you stand arms akimbo or with arms akimbo, you stand with your hands on your hips and your elbows pointing outwards.
  • at the discretion of someone — If something happens at someone's discretion, it can happen only if they decide to do it or give their permission.
  • bath and north east somerset — a unitary authority in SW England, in Somerset; formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Avon. Pop: 170 900 (2003 est). Area: 351 sq km (136 sq miles)
  • be gathered to one's fathers — to die
  • be hard put/pushed to do sth — If someone is hard put to do something or, in British English if they are hard pushed to do something, they have great difficulty doing it.
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia — a benign condition in which the prostate gland becomes enlarged due to an increase in the number of prostatic cells, usually affecting the flow of urine.
  • between scylla and charybdis — in a predicament in which avoidance of either of two dangers means exposure to the other
  • birendra bir bikram shah dev — 1945–2001, king of Nepal (1972–2001): he, his queen, and six other members of the royal family were shot dead by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, who then committed suicide
  • bite your nails to the quick — If someone bites their nails to the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.
  • bright eyed and bushy tailed — having bright eyes.
  • bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — keen, confident, and alert
  • bring a child into the world — If a woman brings a child into the world, she gives birth to it.
  • british standard fine thread — a screw thread having a Whitworth profile but a finer pitch for a given diameter
  • british standard pipe thread — a screw thread of Whitworth profile used for piping and designated by the bore of the pipe
  • burn the candle at both ends — to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work
  • by main force (or strength) — by sheer force (or strength)
  • can't tell chalk from cheese — to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences
  • case data interchange format — (CDIF) An emerging standard for interchange of data between CASE tools.
  • charge d'affaires ad interim — Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
  • chief cook and bottle washerchief cook and bottlewasher, a person who does a wide variety of routine, sometimes menial, tasks: He's not just sales manager, he's the chief cook and bottlewasher in this firm.
  • college of further education — an institution that provides further education
  • commercial internet exchange — (networking, body)   (CIX) The CIX is a non-profit, 501(c)6, trade association coordinating Internet services. Its member organisations provide TCP/IP or OSI data internetwork services to the general public. The CIX gives them unrestricted access to other worldwide networks. It also takes an interest in the development and future direction of the Internet. The CIX provides a neutral forum to exchange ideas, information, and experimental projects among suppliers of internetworking services. The CIX broadens the base of national and international cooperation and coordination among member networks. Together, the membership may develop consensus positions on legislative and policy issues of mutual interest. The CIX encourages technical research and development for the mutual benefit of suppliers and customers of data communications internetworking services. It assists its member networks in the establishment of, and adherence to, operational, technical, and administrative policies and standards necessary to ensure fair, open, and competitive operations and communication among member networks. CIX policies are formulated by a member-elected board of directors.
  • computer-assisted tomography — the process of producing a CAT scan.
  • congressional medal of honor — the highest U.S. military decoration, awarded by Congress to a member of the armed forces for gallantry and bravery in combat, at the risk of life and above and beyond the call of duty.
  • consolidated school district — a large school district formed by the amalgamation of two or more separate districts
  • cost the earth/pay the earth — If you say that something cost the earth or that you paid the earth for it, you are emphasizing that it cost a very large amount of money.
  • cruel and unusual punishment — treatment: barbaric
  • datastorm technologies, inc. — (company)   The original suppliers of Procomm. Address: Columbia MO, USA.
  • disability rights commission — (in Britain) a body appointed by the Government to enforce anti-discrimination law affecting people with disabilities
  • discretionary service charge — A discretionary service charge is an amount that is added to your bill in a restaurant to pay for the work of the person who comes and serves you. You can decide if you want to pay it.
  • einstein's photoelectric law — the principle that the maximum energy of a photoelectron is hν – Φ, where ν is the frequency of the incident radiation, h is the Planck constant, and Φ is the work function
  • emergency medical technician — paramedic
  • english for special purposes — the practice and theory of learning and teaching English for specific uses in given fields, such as science, nursing, tourism, etc.
  • environmental health officer — (in Britain) an employee of the Environmental Health Service
  • environmental health service — (in Britain) a service provided by a local authority, which deals with prevention of the spread of communicable diseases, food safety and hygiene, control of infestation by insects or rodents, etc
  • federal information exchange — (networking)   (FIX) One of the connection points between the American governmental internets and the Internet.
  • financial services authority — (in the United Kingdom) a regulatory body that oversees London's financial markets, each of which has its own self-regulatory organization: it succeeded the Securities and Investments Board
  • follicle-stimulating hormone — FSH.
  • formal description technique — (specification, protocol)   (FDT) A formal method for developing telecomunications services and protocols. FDTs range from abstract to implementation-oriented descriptions. All FDTs offer the means for producing unambiguous descriptions of OSI services and protocols in a more precise and comprehensive way than natural language descriptions. They provide a foundation for analysis and verification of a description. The target of analysis and verification may vary from abstract properties to concrete properties. Natural language descriptions remain an essential adjunct to formal description, enabling an unfarmiliar reader to gain rapid insight into the structure and function of services and protocols. Examples of FDTs are LOTOS, Z, SDL, and Estelle.
  • frame technology corporation — (company)   The company which developed FrameMaker, taken over by Adobe Systems, Inc. in late 1995/early 1996.
  • from the cradle to the grave — throughout the whole of one's life
  • general theory of relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
  • give a person his or her due — to give or allow a person what is deserved or right
  • grand unified (field) theory — any of various theories postulating that the four fundamental forces in the universe (electromagnetism, gravity, the strong interaction, and the weak interaction) are actually types of a single high-energy force
  • greatest happiness principle — the ethical principle that an action is right in so far as it promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of those affected

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