19-letter words containing w, o, u, r
- 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.
- agricultural worker — a person who is employed in agriculture, usually a manual worker
- austro-prussian war — the war (1866) in which Prussia, Italy, and some minor German states opposed Austria, Saxony, Hanover, and the states of southern Germany.
- backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
- bbc networking club — (body) A bulletin board run by the British Broadcasting Corporation Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995.
- below par/under par — If you feel below par or under par, you feel tired and unable to perform as well as you normally do.
- blowing your buffer — (jargon) Losing your train of thought. A reference to buffer overflow.
- born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
- brown paper bag bug — (programming) A programming bug that is so stupid that it makes the programmer want to put a brown paper bag over his head.
- buster brown collar — a medium-sized, starched collar with rounded edges, lying flat on the shoulders, worn by women and girls.
- connecticut warbler — a North American wood warbler, Oporornis agilis, olive-green above with a gray head and throat and yellow below.
- construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
- country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
- country-and-western — country music.
- draw the curtain on — to end
- 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.
- fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
- 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.
- follow-up interview — a second interview following an initial interview
- franco-prussian war — the war between France and Prussia, 1870–71.
- greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
- junior bantamweight — a boxer weighing up to 115 pounds (51.7 kg), between flyweight and bantamweight.
- junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
- junior welterweight — a boxer weighing up to 140 pounds (63 kg), between lightweight and welterweight.
- knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
- motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
- mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
- neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
- new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
- new york university — (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad.
- nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
- not worth a crumpet — utterly worthless
- nuclear power plant — factory that generates atomic energy
- on one's own ground — If you are on your own ground, you are in a place or situation in which you feel confident because you are very familiar with it.
- 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)
- red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
- scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
- someone's writ runs — someone has power or authority of a specified kind or scope
- swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
- to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
- to clutch at straws — If you are clutching at straws or grasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed.
- to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
- to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
- to pull your weight — If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.
- to wet your whistle — To wet your whistle means to have a drink.
- under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
- value added network — (networking) (VAN) A privately owned network that provides a specific service, such as legal research or access to a specialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Network usually offers some service or information that is not readily available on public networks. A Value Added Network's customers typically purchase leased lines that connect them to the network or they use a dial-up number, given by the network owner, to gain access to the network.
- venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
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