26-letter words containing r, o, d, c, h
- straight-line depreciation — Straight-line depreciation is a method of depreciation in which an equal amount of depreciation is taken each year.
- super video graphics array — (hardware) (SVGA) A video display standard created by VESA for IBM PC compatible personal computers. The resolution is 800 x 600 4-bit pixels. Each pixel can therefore be one of 16 colours. See Video Graphics Array.
- the liberal democrat party — a political party in Britain which was formed from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party
- the other side of the coin — You use the other side of the coin to mention a different aspect of a situation.
- the royal and ancient club — a golf club, headquarters of the sport's ruling body, based in St Andrews, Scotland
- the short end of the stick — the worst of a deal
- to be on the receiving end — If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to.
- to come to a grinding halt — If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.
- to preach to the converted — If you say that someone is preaching to the converted, you mean that they are wasting their time because they are trying to persuade people to think or believe in things that they already think or believe in.
- to set the record straight — If you set the record straight or put the record straight, you show that something which has been regarded as true is in fact not true.
- yellow-crowned night heron — any of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron) of America.