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17-letter words containing e, r, o, s, i

  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • ascertained goods — specific goods
  • associate of arts — a degree granted especially by junior colleges after completion of two years of study. Abbreviation: A.A.
  • association fiber — any of several nerve fibers connecting different areas of the cerebral cortex in the same hemisphere.
  • associative array — (programming)   (Or "hash", "map", "dictionary") An array where the indices are not just integers but may be arbitrary strings.
  • astral projection — the departure of the astral body from the physical body, in order to travel to the astral plane
  • astronomical year — year (def 4b).
  • at one's own risk — If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility.
  • at the service of — To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  • attorneys-in-fact — a person authorized by power of attorney to act on the authorizer's behalf outside a court of law.
  • attraction sphere — centrosphere (sense 1)
  • audio description — a facility provided for visually impaired people in which a film, television programme, or play is described through audio technology
  • aurea mediocritas — the golden mean.
  • australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
  • authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • auxiliary storage — secondary storage.
  • axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • bacon's rebellion — an unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown.
  • bacteriorhodopsin — a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight
  • barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
  • barrel distortion — distortion of an image produced by an optical system that causes straight lines at image margins to bulge outwards
  • barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
  • baseboard heating — a heating system by pipes, through which steam or hot water circulates, near the base of the walls of rooms
  • be a box of birds — to be very well indeed
  • be well rid of sb — If you say that someone is well rid of someone, you think it is good that the person has gone because you did not like them or you think they caused a lot of problems.
  • beat one's brains — to try hard to remember, understand, or solve something
  • before one's time — prematurely
  • bell laboratories — One of AT&T's research sites, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. It was the birthplace of the transistor, Unix, C and C++ and the current home of research on Plan 9 and ODE.
  • between two fires — between two attacks; shot at, criticized, etc. from both sides
  • beyond comparison — outstanding, without equal
  • bicycle motocross — a bicycle race over a rough cross-country course, usually consisting of jumps, obstacles, and turns. Abbreviation: BMX.
  • bioelectrogenesis — the production of electricity by organisms.
  • board of estimate — a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.
  • board-and-shingle — a small dwelling with wooden walls and a shingle roof
  • boileau-despreaux — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1636–1711, French critic and poet.
  • boiler horsepower — a unit of measurement of the ability of a boiler to evaporate water, usually given as the ability to evaporate 34½ pounds (15.6 kg) of water an hour, into dry saturated steam from and at 212°F (100°C).
  • bore-stroke ratio — The bore-stroke ratio is the ratio of bore to stroke. A ratio of 1:1 is referred to informally as square.
  • bowel obstruction — a blockage in the bowel
  • breach of promise — (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • broderie anglaise — open embroidery on white cotton, fine linen, etc
  • browserconfig.xml — (web)   A Microsoft configuration file used to customise the appearance and behaviour of website links pinned to the Windows start screen or desktop taskbar. browserconfig.xml allows the site owner to specify things like badges and tile images.
  • budget resolution — a resolution adopted by both houses of the U.S. Congress setting forth, reaffirming, or revising the budget for the U.S. government for a fiscal year.
  • bull's-eye mirror — a circular, convex, ornamental mirror.
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
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