19-letter words containing w, a, f, s
- 3dnow! professional — (architecture) A floating point SIMD extention from AMD, compatible with Intel's SSE, introduced with the Athlon-4.
- 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 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 shadow of a doubt — If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true.
- 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
- asymmetric war-fare — warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources, and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics, as terrorism, to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy.
- blackfellow's bread — the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
- brazen law of wages — the doctrine or theory that wages tend toward a level sufficient only to maintain a subsistence standard of living.
- british west africa — the former British possessions of Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast, and the former trust territories of Togoland and Cameroons
- cardbox for windows — (database) A database handling program, especially useful for scholars and librarians.
- cash-flow statement — a financial statement that shows a company's cash disbursements and receipts over a given period
- commercial software — (software) (Or "commercial off-the-shelf software", COTS) Software that is produced for sale. This contrasts with free software, which is produced for free distribution, meaning without charge and/or without restriction on further distribution. Some companies that sell software distribute some (versions) of products free of charge (but usually with restricted distribution rights), this would probably still be called commercial software. Conversely, software that an individual distributes for free, but for which he accepts donations, would still be called free software.
- credit default swap — a contract in which the parties exchange the exposure to loss should a creditor fail to make a payment when it comes due back
- deaf without speech — (usually of a prelingually deaf person) able to utter sounds but not speak
- dependable software — software reliability
- draw someone's fire — to attract the criticism or censure of someone
- fall by the wayside — to cease or fail to continue doing something
- 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.
- fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
- finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
- first law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
- five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
- fix someone's wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
- for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
- for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- for what it's worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
- franco-prussian war — the war between France and Prussia, 1870–71.
- go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- have a weakness for — be fond of
- jeweler's saw frame — a U -shaped steel frame with a handle and clamps that hold a piercing saw.
- mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- nasty piece of work — malicious person
- nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- of one's own accord — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
- play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
- pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
- reef whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 1).
- research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
- siberian wallflower — a North American plant, Erysimum asperum, of the mustard family, having orange-yellow flowers.
- sir wilfrid laurier — Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
- so what, what of it — You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
- son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
- sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
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