17-letter words containing oa
- outside broadcast — An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
- palaeoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology concerned with the earliest fossil remains
- paleoanthropology — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
- push the boat out — to celebrate, esp lavishly and expensively
- radioactive decay — decay (def 8).
- radioactive waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- railroad crossing — place for vehicles to cross train tracks
- rainbow coalition — a political grouping together by several minority parties
- road construction — the building of roads
- road-fund licence — a licence showing that the tax payable in respect of a motor vehicle has been paid
- semimicroanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
- supervisory board — a board of management of which nonmanagerial workers are members, having supervisory powers over some aspects of management decision-making
- the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
- thematic approach — teaching organized by theme rather than by school subject
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
- throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- to feel your oats — to feel exuberant or high-spirited
- unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard