22-letter words containing l
- (all) hot and bothered — flustered, excited, etc.
- a blessing in disguise — If you say that something is a blessing in disguise, you mean that it causes problems and difficulties at first but later you realize that it was the best thing that could have happened.
- a bull in a china shop — You say that someone is like a bull in a china shop when they are very clumsy.
- a clean bill of health — If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy.
- a lump in one's throat — a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
- a nail in one's coffin — an experience or event that tends to shorten life or hasten the end of something
- a programming language — (language) (APL) A programming language designed originally by Ken Iverson at Harvard University in 1957-1960 as a notation for the concise expression of mathematical algorithms. It went unnamed (or just called Iverson's Language) and unimplemented for many years. Finally a subset, APL\360, was implemented in 1964. APL is an interactive array-oriented language and programming environment with many innovative features. It was originally written using a non-standard character set. It is dynamically typed with dynamic scope. APL introduced several functional forms but is not purely functional. Dyalog APL/W and Visual APL are recognized .NET languages. Dyalog APL/W, APLX and APL2000 all offer object-oriented extensions to the language. ISO 8485 is the 1989 standard defining the language. Commercial versions: APL SV, VS APL, Sharp APL, Sharp APL/PC, APL*PLUS, APL*PLUS/PC, APL*PLUS/PC II, MCM APL, Honeyapple, DEC APL, APL+Win, APL+Linux, APL+Unix and VisualAPL, Dyalog APL, IBM APL2, APLX, Sharp APL Open source version: NARS2000. See also Kamin's interpreters.
- absolute configuration — the spatial arrangement of atoms or groups in a chemical compound about an asymmetric atom
- acceleration principle — the principle that an increase in the demand for a finished product will create a greater demand for capital goods.
- accommodation platform — a platform or semisubmersible rig specially built or adapted to act as living accommodation for offshore personnel in the oil industry
- adult education centre — a place where classes are held for adults
- agglutinating language — a language, such as Hungarian, in which words are built up from component morphemes in such a way that these undergo little or no change of form or meaning in the process of combination
- agro-industrialization — to industrialize the agriculture of: to agro-industrialize a developing nation.
- air traffic controller — An air traffic controller is someone whose job is to organize the routes that aircraft should follow, and to tell pilots by radio which routes they should take.
- alarums and excursions — a stage direction, esp. in Elizabethan drama, for a scene depicting a battle
- alfred north whitehead — Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
- ali muhammad of shiraz — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- alkaline earth element — any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
- alpha-naphthylthiourea — ANTU.
- alternate reality game — a type of multimedia game for multiple players that takes place in real time and evolves according to decisions taken by the players rather than by a programmer
- alternative curriculum — any course of study offered as an alternative to the National Curriculum
- alternative hypothesis — the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level
- alternative technology — a form of technology that challenges conventional technology, often being promoted as more in harmony with nature
- american bible society — a society founded in New York City in 1816 to bring about worldwide dissemination of the Bible.
- american sign language — a language consisting of manual signs and gestures, used as by deaf people in North America
- american water spaniel — any of a breed of spaniel with a curly, reddish or dark-brown coat, used as a retriever, esp. of waterfowl
- an ace up one's sleeve — a hidden and powerful advantage
- anankastic personality — a personality syndrome characterized by obsessional or compulsive traits.
- anatolian shepherd dog — a large powerfully-built dog of a breed with a large head and a short dense cream or fawn coat, originally used for guarding sheep
- androcles and the lion — a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw.
- angle-closure glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- animal control officer — a government worker responsible for enforcing local ordinances regulating animal ownership and responding to incidents involving animals.
- animal experimentation — experimentation involving non-human animals
- animal rights movement — a group of people who campaign for the rights of animals to be protected from exploitation and abuse by humans
- ankylosing spondylitis — inflammation of the spine causing two or more vertebrae to become fused
- annihilation radiation — electromagnetic radiation produced by the coalescence and mutual annihilation of a positron and an electron, each pair forming two photons having a minimum energy of 0.5 million electron volts each.
- annotated bibliography — list of reference works
- annual general meeting — the statutory meeting of the directors and shareholders of a company or of the members of a society, held once every financial year, at which the annual report is presented
- annual percentage rate — the annual equivalent of a rate of interest when the rate is quoted more frequently than annually, usually monthly
- antediluvian patriarch — See under patriarch (def 1).
- antiestablishmentarian — a person who supports or advocates antiestablishmentarianism.
- antireflection coating — a thin film consisting of one or more layers of transparent material applied to lenses to reduce reflection.
- antisocial personality — a personality disorder, beginning early in life, characterized by chronic and continuous antisocial behavior in which the rights of others are violated, as by lying, stealing, or aggressive sexual behavior.
- appenzell inner rhoden — a demicanton in NE Switzerland: Catholic. 66 sq. mi. (170 sq. km). Capital: Appenzell.
- apple of someone's eye — a person or thing that someone cherishes
- appointment television — television programmes that people set aside time to watch
- apprentice electrician — a trainee electrician
- approved social worker — (in England) a qualified social worker specially trained in mental-health work, who is approved by his employing local authority to apply for a mentally disordered person to be admitted to hospital and detained there, or to apply for the person to be received into the guardianship of the local authority
- arab republic of egypt — Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo. Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- arm's-length agreement — a commercial transaction done in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
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