27-letter words containing b, a, s, t, r, d
- (not) all beer and skittles — (not) pure pleasure and enjoyment
- a spider's web of something — a tangled arrangement
- as sensible as a dictionary — (humour) In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, in the chapter The Garden of Live Flowers, the Red Queen is talking to Alice about what she's been up to: "I only wanted to see what the garden was like, your Majesty -" "That's right," said the Queen, patting her on the head, which Alice didn't like at all, "though, when you say "garden" - I've seen gardens, compared with which this would be a wilderness." Alice didn't dare argue the point, but went on: "- and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill -" "When you say "hill"", the Queen interrupted, "I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley." "No, I shouldn't," said Alice, surprised into contradicting her at last: "a hill can't be a valley, you know. That would be nonsense -" The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it "nonsense" if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!" Alice curtseyed again, as she was a little afraid from the Queen's tone that she was a little offended: and they walked on in silence till they got to the top of the little hill. Thanks to Simon James for the text and to Sean Gugler for the URLs.
- beard the lion (in his den) — to approach, oppose, etc. an influential or feared person, as in a place where that person has the advantage
- binary-coded decimal system — a numerical system in which each decimal digit is represented by a unique collection of binary digits, not necessarily the same as those used in binary notation. Abbreviation: BCD.
- blood is thicker than water — People say 'blood is thicker than water' when they mean that their loyalty to their family is greater than their loyalty to anyone else.
- breathe down someone's neck — to stay close to someone, esp to oversee what they are doing
- british standards institute — (body, standard) (BSI) The British member of ISO.
- bury one's head in the sand — to refuse to face a problem
- capabilities maturity model — Capability Maturity Model
- central provinces and berar — a former province of central India: renamed Madhya Pradesh in 1950, Berar being transferred to Maharashtra in 1956
- certificate of indebtedness — a short-term, negotiable, interest-bearing note representing indebtedness.
- chief cook and bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- communicable disease center — former name of Centers for Disease Control.
- cosmic background radiation — electromagnetic radiation coming from every direction in the universe, considered the remnant of the big bang and corresponding to the black-body radiation of 3 K, the temperature to which the universe has cooled.
- distributed array processor — a type of computer system that uses a coordinated array of separate processors applied to a single problem
- distributed data management — (protocol, database) (DDM) An IBM data protocol architecture for data management services across distributed systems in an SNA environment. DDM provides a common data management language for data interchange among different IBM system platforms. Products supporting DDM include AS/400, System/36, System/38 and CICS/DDM. On the AS/400, DDM controls remote file processing. DDM enables application programs running on one AS/400 system to access data files stored on another system supporting DDM. Similarly, other systems that have DDM can access files in the database of the local AS/400 system. DDM makes it easier to distribute file processing between two or more systems.
- distributed data processing — a method of organizing data processing that uses a central computer in combination with smaller local computers or terminals, which communicate with the central computer and perhaps with one another.
- european broadcasting union — a union of 75 broadcasting organisations from 56 (mainly European) countries and which is responsible for the production of programmes such as the Eurovision Song Contest and the FIFA World Cup
- familiarity breeds contempt — Familiarity is used especially in the expression familiarity breeds contempt to say that if you know a person or situation very well, you can easily lose respect for that person or become careless in that situation.
- far be it from me to do sth — You say far be it from me to disagree, or far be it from me to criticize, when you are disagreeing or criticizing and you want to appear less hostile.
- get off to a good/bad start — If you get off to a good start, you are successful in the early stages of doing something. If you get off to a bad start, you are not successful in the early stages of doing something.
- give sb/sthing a wide berth — If you give someone or something a wide berth, you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant, or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them.
- hand sth to sb on a platter — If you say that someone has things handed to them on a platter, you disapprove of them because they get good things easily.
- haul/drag sb over the coals — If a person in authority hauls or drags someone over the coals, they speak to them severely about something foolish or wrong that they have done.
- introgressive-hybridization — the introduction of genes from one species into the gene pool of another species, occurring when matings between the two produce fertile hybrids.
- joint and several liability — legal responsibility for the whole of a debt for which you are only partially responsible
- keep body and soul together — the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- keep one's head above water — If you keep your head above water, you just avoid getting into difficulties; used especially to talk about business.
- monoamine oxidase inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
- pour oil on troubled waters — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- product liability insurance — Product liability insurance is insurance for a producer or supplier of goods against injury to third parties or loss of or damage to their property that is caused by a fault in the goods.
- public broadcasting service — a network of independent, noncommercial television stations that operate with public and government funding instead of with revenues from advertising. Abbreviation: PBS.
- public service broadcasting — publicly-funded broadcasting
- public works administration — the U.S. federal agency (1933–44) that instituted and administered projects for the construction of public works. Abbreviation: PWA, P.W.A.
- put one's best foot forward — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- rise/raise sb from the dead — When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.
- serbs, croats, and slovenes — former name (1918–29) of Yugoslavia.
- the odds are in sb's favour — If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
- to know something backwards — In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward.
- to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone
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