19-letter words containing f, a, t, w, s
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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
- cash-flow statement — a financial statement that shows a company's cash disbursements and receipts over a given period
- 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.
- 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
- deaf without speech — (usually of a prelingually deaf person) able to utter sounds but not speak
- dependable software — software reliability
- fall by the wayside — to cease or fail to continue doing something
- feather-duster worm — any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration.
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
- first law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
- for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
- for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- for what it's worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
- go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- nasty piece of work — malicious person
- nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
- play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
- reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
- so what, what of it — You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
- son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
- sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- thomas of woodstock — Duke of Gloucester, 1355–97, English prince (son of Edward III).
- throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
- under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
- wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
- want no part of sth — If you say that you want no part of something, you mean that you do not want to be involved in it at all.
- whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
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