19-letter words containing n, a, g, s
- a change of scenery — If you have a change of scenery, you go somewhere different after being in a particular place for a long time.
- a ghost of a chance — If someone does not stand or does not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it.
- a race against time — You describe a situation as a race against time when you have to work very fast in order to do something before a particular time, or before another thing happens.
- a sting in the tail — If an announcement or decision has a sting in the tail or a sting in its tail, it contains a critical and unpleasant part, normally at the end.
- a thing of the past — If something is a thing of the past, it no longer exists or happens, or is being replaced by something new.
- abnormal psychology — the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature
- abstracting journal — a periodical consisting mainly or entirely of abstracts of current works.
- abstracting service — a service that provides abstracts of publications on a subject or group of related subjects, usually on a subscription basis.
- acknowledgment slip — a piece of paper that you sign as proof of having received a letter, parcel, payment, etc
- acoustic gramophone — a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn
- ad kalendas graecas — at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
- advertising account — account (def 11c).
- aerial top dressing — the process of spreading lime, fertilizer, etc over farmland from an aeroplane
- agency spokesperson — a spokesperson for a government agency
- agitated depression — severe depression accompanied by extreme anxiety and agitation
- aglaophon of thasos — flourished 6th to 5th centuries b.c, Greek painter: father and teacher of Polygnotus.
- aldridge-brownhills — a town in central England, in Walsall unitary authority, West Midlands: formed by the amalgamation of neighbouring towns in 1966. Pop: 35 525 (2001)
- algebraic extension — a field containing a given field such that every element in the first field is algebraic over the given field.
- allegheny mountains — a mountain range in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: part of the Appalachian system; rising from 600 m (2000 ft) to over 1440 m (4800 ft)
- alphonse and gaston — marked by a ritualistic courtliness in which two often competing participants graciously but stubbornly defer to each other: a kind of Alphonse and Gaston act in which each man insisted the other go through the doorway first.
- anaerobic digestion — the conversion of biodegradable waste matter into compost in the absence of oxygen
- analytic psychology — the system of psychology developed by C. G. Jung as a variant of psychoanalysis
- angels-on-horseback — a savoury of oysters wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
- angle of depression — depression (def 11).
- answerphone message — a pre-recorded message that is left on an answering machine, usually inviting callers to leave a message
- anterograde amnesia — amnesia caused by brain damage in which the memory loss relates to events occurring after the damage
- apollonius of perga — ?261–?190 bc, Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sections
- application testing — system testing
- applied linguistics — linguistic theory as applied to such fields as lexicography, psychology, the teaching of reading, the creation of orthographies, and especially language teaching.
- as long as your arm — If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.
- as things/people go — You use expressions like as things go or as children go when you are describing one person or thing and comparing them with others of the same kind.
- ask for a signature — If you ask for a signature, you ask someone to write their name, in their own characteristic way, on a document.
- asperger's syndrome — a form of autism in which the person affected has limited but obsessive interests, and has difficulty relating to other people
- at one's fingertips — readily available and within one's mental grasp
- atmospheric braking — a technique of reentry in which the vehicle is maneuvered in the upper atmosphere so as to lose velocity by utilizing drag without overheating.
- attendance register — an official list of people who are present at an institution such as a school
- augsburg confession — the statement of beliefs and doctrines of the Lutherans, formulated by Melanchthon and endorsed by the Lutheran princes, which was presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 and which became the chief creed of the Lutheran Church.
- avogadro's constant — the number of atoms or molecules in a mole of a substance, equal to 6.022 52 × 1023
- awareness programme — a programme designed to increase awareness of something
- balloon angioplasty — angioplasty in which a balloon catheter is moved to a blocked area of a blood vessel where the balloon is inflated to expand or force open the vessel
- ballot-box stuffing — the act of illegally submitting more than one vote in a ballot in which only one vote is permitted
- bandar seri begawan — the capital of Brunei. Pop: 64 000 (2005 est)
- bang for one's buck — value for money
- bargaining position — the position of a person, group, or organization in a negotiation, with respect to their ability to achieve a deal which is favourable to themselves
- battle-ground state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- behavioral genetics — an interdisciplinary field studying the effects of genetics and hereditary factors on animal and human behavior.
- belgian east africa — a former Belgian trust territory in Africa, also (1924–62) Ruanda-Urundi, now the independent countries of Rwanda and Burundi.
- booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- brazen law of wages — the doctrine or theory that wages tend toward a level sufficient only to maintain a subsistence standard of living.
- breathing apparatus — an apparatus, usually consisting of tanks of air or oxygen and a mouthpiece, that enables the wearer to breath in difficult conditions such as a smoke-filled building
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