22-letter words containing n, a, d, o, r, s
- directory system agent — (DSA) The software that provides the X.500 Directory Service for a portion of the directory information base. Generally, each DSA is responsible for the directory information for a single organisation or organisational unit.
- disciplinary committee — a committee charged with examining alleged breaches of discipline within an organization, profession, etc and adjudicating on them
- dishonorable discharge — the discharge of a person from military service for an offense more serious than one for which a bad-conduct discharge is given.
- distributed generation — A distributed generation system involves a person or company generating some of their power requirements in different ways, such as locally, or using renewable energy, in order to avoid taking it all from the grid.
- distributive education — a special program of vocational education at the high-school level in which a student is employed part-time, receiving on-the-job training, and also attends classes, most of which pertain directly to the student's vocational field.
- do a number on someone — to manipulate or trick someone
- do sth pursuant to sth — If someone does something pursuant to a law or regulation, they obey that law or regulation.
- dog's dinner/breakfast — You describe something as a dog's breakfast or dog's dinner in order to express your disapproval of it, for example because it is very untidy, badly organized, or badly done.
- dominant seventh chord — a chord consisting of the dominant and the major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh above it. Its most natural resolution is to a chord on the tonic
- don't misunderstand me — You can say don't misunderstand me when you want to correct a wrong impression that you think someone may have got about what you are saying.
- earn one's daily bread — to earn one's living
- earth inductor compass — a compass actuated by induction from the earth's magnetic field.
- economy-class syndrome — Economy-class syndrome is a serious medical condition caused by blood clots in the legs moving up to the lungs; used especially in connection with long-haul flights.
- emergency road service — a form of motoring insurance that sends assistance to drivers when their vehicles break down on a journey; it is provided either by the national or regional automobile association or by a private insurance company
- end transmission block — (character) (ETB) The mnemonic for ASCII character 23.
- federal crop insurance — insurance against the failure of certain crops provided to farmers and producers by the Federal Government
- fetal alcohol syndrome — a pattern of birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy: considered as one of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Abbreviation: FAS.
- forced place insurance — Forced place insurance is insurance taken out by a bank or creditor on an uninsured debtor's behalf on a property that is being used as collateral.
- free and common socage — Medieval History. land held by a tenant who rendered certain honorable and nonservile duties to his lord.
- geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
- get a word in edgeways — to succeed in interrupting a conversation in which someone else is talking incessantly
- get a word in edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- gloria in excelsis deo — the hymn beginning, in Latin, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, “Glory in the highest to God,” and in the English version, “Glory be to God on high.”.
- gold-exchange standard — a monetary system in one country in which currency is maintained at a par with that of another country that is on the gold standard.
- grand duchy of muscovy — Muscovy (def 1).
- gravitational redshift — (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, especially at the surface of a massive star.
- great glen of scotland — Glen More
- green around the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- gross national product — the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. Abbreviation: GNP.
- hans christian oersted — Hans Christian [hahns kris-tyahn] /hɑns ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1777–1851, Danish physicist.
- harvard classification — a classification of stars based on the characteristic spectral absorption lines and bands of the chemical elements present
- hereford and worcester — a county in W England. 1516 sq. mi. (3926 sq. km).
- hook, line, and sinker — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- horn-rimmed spectacles — spectacles with rims made of material resembling horn
- hospital administrator — a person who works in the management team of a hospital
- house of bernarda alba — a drama (1941) by Federico García Lorca.
- hundreds and thousands — tiny beads of brightly coloured sugar, used in decorating cakes, sweets, etc
- in all one's born days — so far in one's life
- in one's birthday suit — naked; nude
- in one's own back yard — close at hand
- in your wildest dreams — If you say that you could not imagine a particular thing in your wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely strange or unlikely.
- independent assortment — law of independent assortment.
- industrial archaeology — the study of past industrial machines, works, etc
- industrialized country — a country characterized by industry on an extensive scale
- international standard — (standard) The series of standards from ISO and its subcommitees.
- interoperable database — A database front-end which communicates with multiple heterogenous databases and makes them appear as a single homogenous entity with semantic calls. See ODBC.
- it's london to a brick — it is certain
- just around the corner — in the next street
- lady's not for burning — a verse play (1948) by Christopher Fry.
- land of the rising sun — Japan.