26-letter words containing a, d, u, l, t
- a fat lot of good/use/help — If you say that something is a fat lot of good or a fat lot of help, you are saying rudely that it is no good or no help at all.
- a skeleton in the cupboard — If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves.
- adzhar autonomous republic — an administrative division of SW Georgia, on the Black Sea: part of Turkey from the 17th century until 1878; mostly mountainous, reaching 2805 m (9350 ft), with a subtropical coastal strip. Capital: Batumi. Pop: 376 016 (2002). Area: 3000 sq km (1160 sq miles)
- analogue-digital converter — a device converting an analogue electrical signal into a digital representation so that it can be processed by a digital system
- atmospheric boundary layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
- australian snubfin dolphin — a species of dolphin, Orcaella heinsohni, with a small stubby dorsal fin, a dark dorsal area, lighter brown body and white underbelly, found mainly in Australian waters
- beyond your wildest dreams — If you describe something as being beyond your wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that it is better than you could have imagined or hoped for.
- codd's reduction algorithm — (database) An algorithm to convert an arbitrary expression of the relational calculus to an equivalent expression of the relational algebra. This can be used as the basis of an implementation of the relational calculus.
- combined cycle gas turbine — A combined cycle gas turbine is an efficient combination of gas-fired turbine and steam turbine, used in a power plant.
- complementary distribution — a relation such that the members of a pair or set of phones, morphs, or other linguistic units have no environment in common, as aspirated “p” and unaspirated “p” in English, the first occurring only in positions where the second does not.
- computer-assisted learning — Computer-Aided Instruction
- confidential communication — a confidential statement made to a lawyer, doctor, or pastor, or to one's spouse, privileged against disclosure in court if the privilege is claimed by the client, patient, penitent, or spouse.
- coordinated universal time — Universal Time as periodically adjusted to coordinate with atomic clocks: it serves as the official international basis for standard time
- data manipulation language — (language, database) (DML, or Data Management Language) A language for the manipulation of data in a database by applications and/or directly by end-users. See also Data Definition Language (DDL).
- digital signature standard — (cryptography, standard) The NIST's standard for digital signatures (authenticating both a message and the signer) that was first announced in 1991. It is based on an algorithm using discrete logarithms, which is a variant of the Elgamal algorithm with Schnorr's improvements. DSS's security is currently considered very strong - comparable to RSA. It is estimated that DSS's 1024-bit keys would take 1.4E16 MIPS-years to crack.
- dinosaur national monument — a national monument in NE Utah and NW Colorado: site of prehistoric animal fossils. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- distributed queue dual bus — (networking, standard) (DQDB) An IEEE standard for metropolitan area networks.
- electronic programme guide — an on-screen guide that enables viewers of digital television to select programmes using a handheld device
- event description language — (language) (EDL)
- federal networking council — (FNC) The coordinating group of representatives from federal agencies involved in the development and use of federal networking, especially those networks using TCP/IP and the Internet. Current members include representatives from DOD, DOE, DARPA, NSF, NASA, and HHS.
- finitely additive function — a set function that upon operating on the union of a finite number of disjoint sets gives the same result as the sum of the functional values of each set.
- first marquis of lansdowne — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- first-class honours degree — an honours degree of the highest class
- frederic auguste bartholdi — Frédéric Auguste [frey-dey-reek oh-gyst] /freɪ deɪˈrik oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1904, French sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty.
- german democratic republic — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- grand army of the republic — an organization, founded in 1866, composed of men who served in the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War: its last member died in 1956. Abbreviation: G.A.R.
- ground-controlled approach — a system in which an observer interprets radar observations of the position of an aircraft and transmits continuous instructions to its pilot for landing. Abbreviation: GCA.
- hydraulic torque converter — an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing a different torque in the other shaft.
- hydrogenated glucose syrup — a syrup produced by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch followed by the hydrogenation of the glucose syrup, and used as a sweetener in confectionery, etc
- indefinite relative clause — a relative clause with an indefinite relative pronoun as subordinating word, as what they said in We heard what they said.
- individualized instruction — a teaching method tailored to the skills, abilities, and interests of the individual student
- insulin-dependent diabetes — See under diabetes.
- intellectually handicapped — having learning difficulties
- intermediate-value theorem — the theorem that a function continuous between two points and having unequal values, a and b, at the two points takes on all values between a and b.
- intermodulation distortion — (electronics, communications) (IMD) Nonlinear distortion in a system or transducer, characterised by the appearance in the output of frequencies equal to the sums and differences of integral multiples of the two or more component frequencies present in the input waveform.
- knights of the round table — a legendary order of knights created by King Arthur.
- large-leaved cucumber tree — a round-headed tree, Magnolia macrophylla, of the southeastern U.S., having soft, hairy leaves from 1 to 3 feet (30 to 90 cm) long, fragrant, cup-shaped, creamy-white flowers with a purplish base which are from 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) wide, and rose-colored, round fruit.
- law of diminishing returns — diminishing returns (def 2).
- money market (mutual) fund — a mutual fund which invests in short-term financial instruments, as treasury bills and commercial paper
- mongolian hordes technique — (programming, jargon) (Or "Chinese Army technique") Assigning a large number of inexperienced programmers to a job which would better performed by a few skilled ones. The term was first used by Dr. Fred Brooks in his book "The Mythical Man-Month", Chapter 3. According to Dr. Brooks, he had in mind the vision of the Mongol Hordes sweeping across Asia and Europe when he created the term.
- most-favored-nation clause — a clause in a commercial treaty or contract by which each signatory agrees to give the other the same treatment that is or will be accorded any other nation.
- mutual assured destruction — a U.S. doctrine of reciprocal deterrence resting on the U.S. and Soviet Union each being able to inflict unacceptable damage on the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack.
- national database language — (database, standard) (NDL) A US standard for portability of database definitions and application programs.
- newfoundland standard time — one of the standard times used in Canada, three and a half hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
- obscene publications squad — a division of the police force which deals with illegal books, pictures, or films which are judged obscene because they deal with sex or violence in a way that is considered offensive to the general public
- official production system — (language) (OPS) The first production system (i.e. rule based) programming language, developed at CMU in 1970 and used for building expert systems. OPS was originally written in Franz Lisp and later ported to other LISP dialects.
- period-luminosity relation — the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.
- phenylethylbarbituric acid — phenobarbital.
- provence-alpes-côte d'azur — metropolitan region of SE France: 12,124 sq mi (31,401 sq km); pop. 4,258,000; chief city, Marseille
- pulse-amplitude modulation — modulation of the amplitude of a train of electric pulses used to carry signals (pulse carrier) Abbreviation: PAM.
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