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17-letter words containing o, f, a

  • as far as it goes — If you say that something is good as far as it goes or true so far as it goes, you mean that it is good or true only to a limited extent.
  • 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.
  • ask for the check — If you ask for the check, you ask the waitperson in a restaurant to bring you a piece of paper on which the price of your meal is written.
  • assemblies of god — the largest American Pentecostal denomination, formed in 1914 by the merger of various Pentecostal churches and marked by faith healing and speaking in tongues.
  • 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.
  • at one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
  • at someone's feet — as someone's disciple
  • at the expense of — If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way which might cause them some harm or disadvantage.
  • at the request of — in accordance with the specific demand or wish of (someone)
  • 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.
  • axis of abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
  • axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • axis-of-abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
  • axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • balance of nature — the stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment
  • balance of terror — military deterrence based on the possession of weapons of mass destruction by opponents in a conflict
  • bald-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
  • barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
  • bathroom fittings — plumbing fixtures or accessories suitable for use in a bathroom
  • battle of britain — (in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
  • be a box of birds — to be very well indeed
  • be off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you mean that they have taken so many drugs that they do not know what they are doing.
  • be out of the way — When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.
  • beat the drum for — to attempt to arouse interest in
  • beefsteak begonia — an ornamental plant, Begonia erythrophylla, having light-pink flowers and nearly round, thick, fleshy leaves that are red on the underside.
  • bellflower family — the plant family Campanulaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers with a bell-shaped, five-lobed, often blue or purple corolla, and including the harebell, Canterbury bells, and balloon flower.
  • bent out of shape — very angry, upset, or agitated
  • bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
  • bill of attainder — (formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him attainted
  • biological father — the man whose semen fertilized the ovum from which a child was born
  • biotransformation — the metabolizing of some substance, esp. a drug, in the body
  • birth of a nation — an American film (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith.
  • black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
  • blood transfusion — A blood transfusion is a process in which blood is injected into the body of a person who is badly injured or ill.
  • blue false indigo — a North American plant, Baptisia australis, of the legume family, having wedge-shaped leaflets and blue, clustered flowers.
  • blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
  • 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 of managers — a group of people responsible for managing an organization
  • board of trustees — a governing board which directs the policies of an educational institution
  • body modification — any method of permanently adorning the body, including tattooing and piercing
  • bradford spinning — a wool-spinning method in which the fibers are oiled prior to combing and subsequently spun into worsted yarn.
  • breach of promise — (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
  • break the back of — to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
  • breathe life into — revive, rejuvenate
  • bureau of customs — former name of the United States Customs Service.
  • buyers' inflation — inflation in which rising demand results in a rise in prices.
  • café-au-lait spot — a brown patch on the skin that can occur normally in small numbers or in neurofibromatosis, when they are more numerous
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