22-letter words containing a, n, c, o, l
- a bull in a china shop — You say that someone is like a bull in a china shop when they are very clumsy.
- a clean bill of health — If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy.
- a nail in one's coffin — an experience or event that tends to shorten life or hasten the end of something
- absolute configuration — the spatial arrangement of atoms or groups in a chemical compound about an asymmetric atom
- acceleration principle — the principle that an increase in the demand for a finished product will create a greater demand for capital goods.
- accommodation platform — a platform or semisubmersible rig specially built or adapted to act as living accommodation for offshore personnel in the oil industry
- adult education centre — a place where classes are held for adults
- air traffic controller — An air traffic controller is someone whose job is to organize the routes that aircraft should follow, and to tell pilots by radio which routes they should take.
- alarums and excursions — a stage direction, esp. in Elizabethan drama, for a scene depicting a battle
- alternative technology — a form of technology that challenges conventional technology, often being promoted as more in harmony with nature
- american bible society — a society founded in New York City in 1816 to bring about worldwide dissemination of the Bible.
- an ace up one's sleeve — a hidden and powerful advantage
- anankastic personality — a personality syndrome characterized by obsessional or compulsive traits.
- androcles and the lion — a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw.
- angle-closure glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- animal control officer — a government worker responsible for enforcing local ordinances regulating animal ownership and responding to incidents involving animals.
- antireflection coating — a thin film consisting of one or more layers of transparent material applied to lenses to reduce reflection.
- antisocial personality — a personality disorder, beginning early in life, characterized by chronic and continuous antisocial behavior in which the rights of others are violated, as by lying, stealing, or aggressive sexual behavior.
- armed response vehicle — (in Britain) a police vehicle carrying armed officers who are trained to respond to incidents involving firearms
- articulatory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the production of speech sounds
- artificial respiration — Artificial respiration is the forcing of air into the lungs of someone who has stopped breathing, usually by blowing through their mouth or nose, in order to keep them alive and to help them to start breathing again.
- astronomical telescope — any telescope designed and mounted for use in astronomy. Such telescopes usually form inverted images
- automatic gain control — control of a radio receiver in which the gain varies inversely with the magnitude of the input, thus maintaining the output at an approximately constant level
- bacterial endocarditis — a bacterial infection of the inner lining of the heart, most often of the heart valves, characterized by fever, enlarged spleen, and heart murmur.
- balance sheet equation — A balance sheet equation is a basic accounting equation that states that assets equal liabilities plus equity.
- baldassare castiglione — Baldassare [bahl-dahs-sah-re] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and author.
- ballistic galvanometer — a type of galvanometer for measuring surges of current. After deflection the instrument returns slowly to its original reading
- battle of the atlantic — the struggle for control of the sea routes around the United Kingdom during World War II, esp 1940–43
- bell, book, and candle — instruments used formerly in excommunications and other ecclesiastical acts
- benzenecarboxylic acid — benzoic acid.
- bereavement counsellor — a person giving advice to bereaved people to help them cope with their grief
- bernoulli's lemniscate — Analytic Geometry. lemniscate.
- beta-indoleacetic acid — indoleacetic acid.
- bidirectional printing — (hardware) A feature of a printer whose printer head can print both when moving left to right and when moving right to left. Also known as "boustrophedonic".
- biological engineering — bioengineering.
- biomedical engineering — bioengineering (def 1).
- black-scholes equation — a partial differential equation used to estimate the changing value of an option over time
- block redundancy check — Longitudinal Redundancy Check
- calculus of variations — a branch of calculus concerned with maxima and minima of definite integrals
- calderón (de la barca) — ˈPe‧dro (ˈpɛðʀɔ) ; peˈthr^ō) 1600-81; Sp. playwright
- can't hold a candle to — If you say that one person or thing can't hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.
- cargo cult programming — (programming, humour) A style of (incompetent) programming dominated by ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. A cargo cult programmer will usually explain the extra code as a way of working around some bug encountered in the past, but usually neither the bug nor the reason the code apparently avoided the bug was ever fully understood (compare shotgun debugging, voodoo programming). The term "cargo cult" is a reference to aboriginal religions that grew up in the South Pacific after World War II. The practices of these cults centre on building elaborate mockups of aeroplanes and military style landing strips in the hope of bringing the return of the god-like aeroplanes that brought such marvelous cargo during the war. Hackish usage probably derives from Richard Feynman's characterisation of certain practices as "cargo cult science" in his book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" (W. W. Norton & Co, New York 1985, ISBN 0-393-01921-7).
- carpal tunnel syndrome — a condition characterized by pain and tingling in the fingers, caused by pressure on a nerve as it passes under the ligament situated across the front of the wrist
- cast in one's lot with — to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
- cavity wall insulation — insulation injected into the space between cavity walls
- central locking device — a small device that controls the central locking on a motor vehicle
- central nervous system — Your central nervous system is the part of your nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord.
- challenge to the array — an objection by counsel to the whole panel of jurors called to a trial
- challenge to the polls — an objection by counsel to one or more of the individual jurors called to a trial
- checkout test language — (language) (CTL)
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