19-letter words containing w, r
- (from) wire to wire — from start to finish
- 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 slap on the wrist — A slap on the wrist is a warning or a punishment that is not very severe.
- a straw in the wind — an indication of what may happen
- 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
- agricultural worker — a person who is employed in agriculture, usually a manual worker
- 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)
- alice-in-wonderland — fantastic; irrational
- 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.
- alternative pathway — the activation of complement by contact with polysaccharides on bacteria, protozoa, or yeast cells: a nonspecific immune response. Compare classical pathway.
- american book award — any of several awards given annually since 1980 to an author whose book is judged the best in its category: administered by the Association of American Publishers. Abbreviation: ABA, A.B.A.
- american wire gauge — American wire gauge is a measure of wire thickness.
- andrew s. tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
- answerphone message — a pre-recorded message that is left on an answering machine, usually inviting callers to leave a message
- appraisal interview — an interview by the manager of an employee who is being appraised
- arkwright furniture — late medieval English furniture of simple construction.
- 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.
- 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.
- at a (or one) blow — by one action
- 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.
- awareness programme — a programme designed to increase awareness of something
- backward compatible — backward compatibility
- backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
- bandar seri begawan — the capital of Brunei. Pop: 64 000 (2005 est)
- barrack-room lawyer — a person who freely offers opinions, esp in legal matters, that he or she is unqualified to give
- bbc networking club — (body) A bulletin board run by the British Broadcasting Corporation Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995.
- be one's own master — If you say that you are your own master, you mean that your decisions are not controlled by other people and you are free to do what you want.
- be one's own person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- 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.
- bend over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- black warrior river — a river in N central Alabama, flowing SW past Birmingham to the Tombigbee River. 178 miles (286 km) long.
- blackfellow's bread — the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
- blow one's own horn — If you blow your own horn, you boast about yourself.
- blowing your buffer — (jargon) Losing your train of thought. A reference to buffer overflow.
- bode ill (or well) — to be a bad (or good) omen
- booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
- 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
- british west indies — a former name for the states in the Caribbean that are members of the Commonwealth: the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; along with the islands which remain as United Kingdom dependencies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands
- 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.
- cannot very well do — If you say that you cannot very well do something, you mean that it would not be right or possible to do it.
- carbon dioxide snow — solid carbon dioxide, used as a refrigerant
- cardbox for windows — (database) A database handling program, especially useful for scholars and librarians.
- chemical weathering — any of the various weathering processes that cause exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition, changing the chemical and mineralogical composition of the rock: Oxygen and acids are agents in chemical weathering.
- chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
- city of westminster — a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
- clockwork precision — regularity
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