17-letter words containing of
- a change of heart — If someone has a change of heart, their attitude towards something changes.
- a change of scene — If you have a change of scene, you go somewhere different after being in a particular place for a long time.
- abstract of title — a summary of the ownership of land, showing the original grant, conveyances, and any incumbrances
- act of contrition — a short prayer of penitence
- act of parliament — a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent
- act of toleration — the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions.
- act of uniformity — any of the three statutes (1549, 1559, 1662) regulating public worship services in the Anglican Church, especially the act of 1662 requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
- adjunct professor — a professor employed by a college or university for a specific purpose or length of time and often part-time.
- age of discretion — the age at which a person is considered to be able to manage his or her own affairs
- agenbite of inwit — remorse of conscience
- ahead of the game — in the position of winning, esp. in gambling
- an effort of will — If you do something difficult or painful by an effort of will, you manage to make yourself do it.
- andreanof islands — a group of islands in the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Area: 3710 sq km (1432 sq miles)
- angle of friction — the angle of a plane to the horizontal when a body placed on the plane will just start to slide. The tangent of the angle of friction is the coefficient of static friction
- anti-profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- arresting officer — the police officer making an arrest
- assemblies of god — the largest American Pentecostal denomination, formed in 1914 by the merger of various Pentecostal churches and marked by faith healing and speaking in tongues.
- associate of arts — a degree granted especially by junior colleges after completion of two years of study. Abbreviation: A.A.
- at the expense of — If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way which might cause them some harm or disadvantage.
- at the request of — in accordance with the specific demand or wish of (someone)
- at the service of — To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
- axis of abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
- axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- axis-of-abscissas — x-axis (def 1).
- axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- balance of nature — the stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment
- balance of terror — military deterrence based on the possession of weapons of mass destruction by opponents in a conflict
- barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
- battle of britain — (in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
- be a box of birds — to be very well indeed
- be off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you mean that they have taken so many drugs that they do not know what they are doing.
- be out of the way — When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.
- be well out of it — If you say to someone who is no longer involved in a situation that they are well out of it, you mean that it is a good thing they are no longer involved and they should be pleased about this.
- be well rid of sb — If you say that someone is well rid of someone, you think it is good that the person has gone because you did not like them or you think they caused a lot of problems.
- benefit of clergy — sanction by the church
- bent out of shape — very angry, upset, or agitated
- bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
- bill of attainder — (formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him attainted
- billeting officer — an officer who is responsible for billeting
- birth of a nation — an American film (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith.
- blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
- board of estimate — a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.
- board of managers — a group of people responsible for managing an organization
- board of trustees — a governing board which directs the policies of an educational institution
- breach of promise — (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
- break the back of — to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
- bull of the woods — the foreman of a logging operation.
- bureau of customs — former name of the United States Customs Service.
- by return of post — by the next mail in the opposite direction
- cape of good hope — a cape in SW South Africa south of Cape Town
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