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19-letter words containing c, r, e, w

  • african swine fever — a highly contagious fatal disease of pigs caused by a myxovirus. The disease is characterized by fever, blotches on the skin, depression, and lack of coordination
  • agricultural worker — a person who is employed in agriculture, usually a manual worker
  • alice-in-wonderland — fantastic; irrational
  • american book award — any of several awards given annually since 1980 to an author whose book is judged the best in its category: administered by the Association of American Publishers. Abbreviation: ABA, A.B.A.
  • american wire gauge — American wire gauge is a measure of wire thickness.
  • asbestos cork award — (humour)   Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the "asbestos cork award". (Any reader in doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn this dubious dignity - but there is no agreement on *which* few.
  • asymmetric war-fare — warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources, and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics, as terrorism, to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy.
  • backward compatible — backward compatibility
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • barrack-room lawyer — a person who freely offers opinions, esp in legal matters, that he or she is unqualified to give
  • bbc networking club — (body)   A bulletin board run by the British Broadcasting Corporation Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995.
  • bend over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
  • black warrior river — a river in N central Alabama, flowing SW past Birmingham to the Tombigbee River. 178 miles (286 km) long.
  • blackfellow's bread — the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
  • born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
  • british west africa — the former British possessions of Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast, and the former trust territories of Togoland and Cameroons
  • buster brown collar — a medium-sized, starched collar with rounded edges, lying flat on the shoulders, worn by women and girls.
  • cannot very well do — If you say that you cannot very well do something, you mean that it would not be right or possible to do it.
  • carbon dioxide snow — solid carbon dioxide, used as a refrigerant
  • chemical weathering — any of the various weathering processes that cause exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition, changing the chemical and mineralogical composition of the rock: Oxygen and acids are agents in chemical weathering.
  • chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
  • city of westminster — a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
  • clockwork precision — regularity
  • come into the world — to be born
  • commercial software — (software)   (Or "commercial off-the-shelf software", COTS) Software that is produced for sale. This contrasts with free software, which is produced for free distribution, meaning without charge and/or without restriction on further distribution. Some companies that sell software distribute some (versions) of products free of charge (but usually with restricted distribution rights), this would probably still be called commercial software. Conversely, software that an individual distributes for free, but for which he accepts donations, would still be called free software.
  • common-law marriage — a marriage deemed to exist after a couple have cohabited for several years
  • compact disc writer — (storage)   (CD burner) A device that can write data to Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) or Compact Disc Rewritable (CD-RW) discs. Now both these CD formats are often combined with a DVD writer.
  • connecticut warbler — a North American wood warbler, Oporornis agilis, olive-green above with a gray head and throat and yellow below.
  • construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
  • country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
  • country-and-western — country music.
  • credit default swap — a contract in which the parties exchange the exposure to loss should a creditor fail to make a payment when it comes due back
  • credit someone with — to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone
  • crown green bowling — (in Britain) bowls played on a crown green
  • draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
  • draw the curtain on — to end
  • drawing-room comedy — a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
  • electric typewriter — typewriting machine: uses electricity
  • endowment assurance — a form of life insurance that provides for the payment of a specified sum directly to the policyholder at a designated date or to his beneficiary should he die before this date
  • endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
  • fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
  • fixed-wing aircraft — a heavier-than-air aircraft capable of flight whose lift is generated not by wing motion relative to the aircraft, but by forward motion through the air
  • frederick william i — 1688–1740, king of Prussia 1713–40.
  • full-wave rectifier — a rectifier that transmits both halves of a cycle of alternating current as a direct current.
  • great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
  • greenwich mean time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
  • half wave rectifier — A half wave rectifier removes the negative component of an alternating signal leaving only the positive part.
  • half-wave rectifier — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
  • heavy-water reactor — a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator
  • hydroelectric power — electricity generated by water

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