18-letter words containing as
- task control block — (architecture) An MVS control block used to communicate information about tasks within an address space that are connected to an MVS subsystem such as MQSeries for MVS/ESA or CICS.
- teaching assistant — a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. Abbreviation: TA.
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
- the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
- the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
- the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
- the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
- the welsh assembly — the elected assembly for Wales, based in Cardiff, that has certain powers devolved from the UK government
- the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- to cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
- to feast your eyes — If you feast your eyes on something, you look at it for a long time with great attention because you find it very attractive.
- to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
- transfer passenger — a traveller who changes from one plane, train, or bus to another, or to another form of transport
- treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
- treasury secretary — the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, the government department in the United States which is responsible for money and finance
- tsaratanana massif — a mountain range in N Madagascar. Highest peak, 9436 feet (2876 meters).
- ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- ultrasound scanner — a device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus
- unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- upper middle class — wealthy, highly-educated people
- valle de la pascua — a city in N Venezuela.
- visitor's passport — (formerly, in Britain) a passport, valid for one year and for certain countries only, that could be purchased from post offices
- wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
- waste minimization — a policy of generating as little waste as possible
- weather forecaster — meteorologist
- wernicke's aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Wernicke's area of the brain and characterized by grammatical but more or less meaningless speech and an apparent inability to comprehend speech.
- what has become of — If you wonder what has become of someone or something, you wonder where they are and what has happened to them.
- wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
- winged everlasting — a bushy composite plant, Ammobium alatum, of Australia, having winged branches, javelin-shaped leaves, and white flowers.
- work one's ass off — work extremely hard
- writ of assistance — a writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises.
- yeast nucleic acid — RNA.