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19-letter words containing a, o

  • (as) dead as a dodo — (of a person or thing) irretrievably defunct or out of date
  • (right) off the bat — immediately
  • 3dnow! professional — (architecture)   A floating point SIMD extention from AMD, compatible with Intel's SSE, introduced with the Athlon-4.
  • a beam in one's eye — a fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person
  • a change of scenery — If you have a change of scenery, you go somewhere different after being in a particular place for a long time.
  • a creature of habit — If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things.
  • a drop in the ocean — If you say that something is a drop in the ocean, you mean that it is a very small amount which is unimportant compared to the cost of other things or is so small that it has very little effect on something.
  • a flea in one's ear — a sharp rebuke
  • a ghost of a chance — If someone does not stand or does not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it.
  • a hard nut to crack — a person not easily persuaded or won over
  • a law unto yourself — If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing things.
  • a matter of opinion — If you say that a statement is a matter of opinion, you mean that it is not a fact, and that other people, including yourself, do not agree with it.
  • a mountain to climb — If you say that someone has a mountain to climb, you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve.
  • a multitude of sins — If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something.
  • a new lease of life — If you say that someone or something has been given a new lease of life, you are emphasizing that they are much more lively or successful than they have been in the past.
  • a shadow of a doubt — If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
  • a slap on the wrist — A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.
  • a storm in a teacup — If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important.
  • a thing of the past — If something is a thing of the past, it no longer exists or happens, or is being replaced by something new.
  • a/one hell of a lot — If you talk about a hell of a lot of something, or one hell of a lot of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
  • abnormal psychology — the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature
  • absolute complement — complement (def 8).
  • absolute impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies a person from lawful marriage.
  • absolutory sentence — a sentence that acquits the accused
  • absorption spectrum — the characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope. An equivalent pattern occurs as coloured lines or bands in the emission spectrum of that medium
  • abstinence syndrome — the withdrawal symptoms that occur after abstinence from a drug, especially a narcotic, to which one is addicted.
  • abstracting journal — a periodical consisting mainly or entirely of abstracts of current works.
  • accelerated program — a course of study which allows students to progress through their education more quickly than usual
  • acceleration clause — a clause in a contract specifying that certain obligations will become due immediately in the event of a breach of contract, etc
  • access control list — (networking)   (ACL) A list of the services available on a server, each with a list of the hosts permitted to use the service.
  • accessory apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • accident prevention — avoidance of the occurrence of an accident
  • accident protection — a form of insurance which pays out in the event of an accident when driving
  • accommodation paper — a bill of exchange cosigned by one party as maker, acceptor, or endorser without requiring collateral or a fee, in order to lend his or her credit reputation to the second party
  • accommodation party — the guarantor who signs an accommodation bill
  • accommodation train — a local train that stops at small stations along a route
  • accompanying letter — a letter that comes with another document or enclosure
  • according to cocker — reliable or reliably; correct or correctly
  • accounts department — the section of a company that deals with the accounts
  • accounts receivable — A company's accounts receivable are all the money that it is owed by other companies for goods or services that it has supplied, or a list of these companies and the amounts that they owe.
  • accredited investor — An accredited investor is an organization or a wealthy individual that is considered to be financially knowledgeable, and can buy securities that are not registered with the SEC.
  • ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
  • acknowledgment slip — a piece of paper that you sign as proof of having received a letter, parcel, payment, etc
  • acoustic gramophone — a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn
  • acoustic resistance — acoustic impedance caused by the internal friction of the transmitting medium.
  • acoustic theodolite — an acoustic device that records a continuous vertical profile of ocean currents at a particular site.
  • activation analysis — a method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of trace amounts of various elements by measuring the characteristic radioactive decay induced by neutron bombardment.
  • ad-hoc polymorphism — overloading
  • addressed call mode — (communications)   (ACM) A mode that permits control signals and commands to establish and terminate calls in V.25bis.
  • adenosine deaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine to inosine and ammonia. Abbreviation: ADA.

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