19-letter words containing n, a, s
- 3dnow! professional — (architecture) A floating point SIMD extention from AMD, compatible with Intel's SSE, introduced with the Athlon-4.
- a beam in one's eye — a fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person
- 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 flea in one's ear — a sharp rebuke
- 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 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 multitude of sins — If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins, you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something.
- a new lease of life — If you say that someone or something has been given a new lease of life, you are emphasizing that they are much more lively or successful than they have been in the past.
- 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 slap on the wrist — A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.
- 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 storm in a teacup — If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important.
- a straw in the wind — an indication of what may happen
- 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.
- abdul aziz ibn saud — (Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz), 1901?–69, king of Saudi Arabia 1953–64 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
- abdullah ibn-husein — 1882–1951, Arab nationalist, Transjordanian emir 1921–46, king of Jordan 1946–51; assassinated in Jerusalem by a Palestinian nationalist.
- abnormal psychology — the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature
- absolute complement — complement (def 8).
- absolute impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies a person from lawful marriage.
- absolutory sentence — a sentence that acquits the accused
- absorption spectrum — the characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope. An equivalent pattern occurs as coloured lines or bands in the emission spectrum of that medium
- abstinence syndrome — the withdrawal symptoms that occur after abstinence from a drug, especially a narcotic, to which one is addicted.
- 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.
- acceleration clause — a clause in a contract specifying that certain obligations will become due immediately in the event of a breach of contract, etc
- access control list — (networking) (ACL) A list of the services available on a server, each with a list of the hosts permitted to use the service.
- accessory apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
- accounts department — the section of a company that deals with the accounts
- accounts receivable — A company's accounts receivable are all the money that it is owed by other companies for goods or services that it has supplied, or a list of these companies and the amounts that they owe.
- accredited investor — An accredited investor is an organization or a wealthy individual that is considered to be financially knowledgeable, and can buy securities that are not registered with the SEC.
- ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- 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
- acoustic resistance — acoustic impedance caused by the internal friction of the transmitting medium.
- activation analysis — a method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of trace amounts of various elements by measuring the characteristic radioactive decay induced by neutron bombardment.
- ad kalendas graecas — at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
- adenosine deaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine to inosine and ammonia. Abbreviation: ADA.
- adjustment disorder — a mental disorder that occurs as a maladaptive reaction to an episode of psychological, social, or physical stress, as divorce or a natural disaster.
- adobe systems, inc. — (company) A California font foundry and software house. Adobe created the PostScript page description language and wrote the Blue Book, Green Book, Red Book and White Book on it. They also developed PDF. Adobe took over Frame Technology Corporation in late 1995/early 1996. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Silicon Valley, California, USA.
- advertising account — account (def 11c).
- advocacy journalism — journalism that promotes a cause or expresses a subjective viewpoint.
- aerial top dressing — the process of spreading lime, fertilizer, etc over farmland from an aeroplane
- 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
- 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.
- air cushion vehicle — ACV (def 2).
- air-cushion vehicle — a vehicle that travels just above the surface of land or water on a cushion of air provided by a downward jet from its engines, propellers, etc.
- aladdin enterprises — (company) A small, privately owned, US software consulting and development company, founded in 1986, best known as the original developer of Ghostscript. Address: San Francisco Peninsula, California, USA. Not to be confused with Aladdin Systems, Inc..
- alcazar de san juan — a town in S central Spain: associated with Cervantes and Don Quixote. Pop: 27 229 (2003 est)
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