19-letter words containing w, a, d, s, o, r
- 3dnow! professional — (architecture) A floating point SIMD extention from AMD, compatible with Intel's SSE, introduced with the Athlon-4.
- 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)
- all in a day's work — If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it.
- asbestos cork award — (humour) Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made, and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been nominated for the "asbestos cork award". (Any reader in doubt as to the intended application of the cork should consult the etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only a select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to earn this dubious dignity - but there is no agreement on *which* few.
- backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
- bend over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- blackfellow's bread — the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
- carbon dioxide snow — solid carbon dioxide, used as a refrigerant
- cardbox for windows — (database) A database handling program, especially useful for scholars and librarians.
- compact disc writer — (storage) (CD burner) A device that can write data to Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) or Compact Disc Rewritable (CD-RW) discs. Now both these CD formats are often combined with a DVD writer.
- country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
- country-and-western — country music.
- dependable software — software reliability
- dig one's own grave — If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
- draw in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- draw someone's fire — to attract the criticism or censure of someone
- drill-down analysis — drill down
- endowment assurance — a form of life insurance that provides for the payment of a specified sum directly to the policyholder at a designated date or to his beneficiary should he die before this date
- endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
- feather-duster worm — any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration.
- goodwill ambassador — an ambassador who shows goodwill to another country, organization, etc, on behalf of his or her own country, organization, etc
- lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- let one's hair down — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
- mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
- nine--days---wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
- nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- northwest ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.
- of one's own accord — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- ralph waldo emerson — Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
- sandwich generation — the generation of people still raising their children while having to care for their aging parents.
- scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
- straight and narrow — the way of virtuous or proper conduct: After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow.
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- swallow one's words — to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances
- the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
- throw in one's hand — (in cards) to concede defeat by putting one's cards down
- throw sth overboard — If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
- tidal power station — a power station where the energy of flowing water is converted into electricity
- under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
- withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
- work sb/os to death — If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.
- world heritage site — a natural or manmade area or structure which is recognized as being of international importance and therefore deserving special protection
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