19-letter words containing u, l
- 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 mountain to climb — If you say that someone has a mountain to climb, you mean that it will be difficult for them to achieve what they want to achieve.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- abstracting journal — a periodical consisting mainly or entirely of abstracts of current works.
- acceleration clause — a clause in a contract specifying that certain obligations will become due immediately in the event of a breach of contract, etc
- 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.
- 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.
- acoustic theodolite — an acoustic device that records a continuous vertical profile of ocean currents at a particular site.
- advocacy journalism — journalism that promotes a cause or expresses a subjective viewpoint.
- aggravated burglary — a burglary made more serious by its violent circumstances
- agner krarup erlang — (person) (1878-1929) A Danish mathematician. Erlang the language and unit were named after him. Interested in the theory of probability, in 1908 Erlang joined the Copenhagen Telephone Company where he studied the problem of waiting times for telephone calls. He worked out how to calculate the fraction of callers who must wait due to all the lines of an exchange being in use. His formula for loss and waiting time was published in 1917. It is now known as the "Erlang formula" and is still in use today.
- agricultural worker — a person who is employed in agriculture, usually a manual worker
- 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.
- alcazar de san juan — a town in S central Spain: associated with Cervantes and Don Quixote. Pop: 27 229 (2003 est)
- alcohol consumption — the drinking of alcohol
- alexander technique — a technique for developing awareness of one's posture and movement in order to improve it
- alexander von kluck — Alexander von [ah-le-ksahn-duh r fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər fən/ (Show IPA), 1846–1934, German general.
- algebraic structure — (mathematics) Any formal mathematical system consisting of a set of objects and operations on those objects. Examples are Boolean algebra, numerical algebra, set algebra and matrix algebra.
- all-points bulletin — An all-points bulletin is a message sent by a police force to all its officers. The abbreviation APB is also used.
- all-risks insurance — insurance that covers all risks to property except any types that are specifically excluded or limited in the policy
- 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)
- alpha ursae minoris — Polaris
- alphabetic language — (human language) A written human language in which symbols reflect the pronunciation of the words. Examples are English, Greek, Russian, Thai, Arabic and Hebrew. Alphabetic languages contrast with ideographic languages.
- altazimuth mounting — a telescope mounting that allows motion of the telescope about a vertical axis (in azimuth) and a horizontal axis (in altitude)
- alternating current — An alternating current is an electric current that continually changes direction as it flows. The abbreviation AC is also used.
- aluminium hydroxide — a white crystalline powder derived from bauxite and used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, aluminium and its salts, and in dyeing. Formula: Al(OH)3 or Al2O3.3H2O
- ambulance insurance — Ambulance insurance is insurance cover that covers the cost of an emergency ambulance if one is needed.
- american revolution — a sequence of actions by American colonists from 1763 to 1775 protesting British domination and culminating in the Revolutionary War
- ammonium bifluoride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NH 4 HF 2 , used chiefly for cleaning and sterilizing brewing and dairy equipment.
- ammonium binoxalate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly for removing ink stains from fabrics.
- anatomical snuffbox — the triangular depression on the back of the hand between the thumb and the index finger
- ancillary equipment — Ancillary equipment is machines and other technical things which are used with the main items of equipment to create a complete system.
- annual limit values — Annual limit values are the maximum amounts of emissions which are allowed each year.
- antarctic peninsula — the largest peninsula of Antarctica, between the Weddell Sea and the Pacific: consists of Graham Land in the north and the Palmer Peninsula in the south
- anti-fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- anti-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- antimony trisulfide — a black or orange-red crystalline compound, Sb2S3, used as a pigment, in pyrotechnics and matches, for fireproofing fabrics and paper, etc.
- antoine louis barye — Antoine Louis [ahn-twan lwee] /ɑ̃ˈtwan lwi/ (Show IPA), 1795–1875, French sculptor and painter.
- apollonius dyscolus — died a.d. c140, Greek grammarian.
- apollonius of perga — ?261–?190 bc, Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sections
- applied linguistics — linguistic theory as applied to such fields as lexicography, psychology, the teaching of reading, the creation of orthographies, and especially language teaching.
- apres moi le deluge — after me the deluge
- aqueduct of sylvius — a canal in the midbrain, connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
- articulated vehicle — a large vehicle (esp a lorry) made in two separate sections, a tractor and a trailer, connected by a pivoted bar
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