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31-letter words containing a, h, r, d

  • a hardware programming language — (language)   (AHPL) A register-level language by Hill and Peterson, some of whose operators resemble APL. HPSIM2 is a function-level simulator, available from Engrg Expt Sta, University of Arizona.
  • actions speak louder than words — If you say that actions speak louder than words, you mean that people's actions show their real attitudes, rather than what they say. This expression is sometimes used to advise a person to do something positive.
  • advertising standards authority — an independent UK body set up by the advertising industry to ensure that all advertisements comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice
  • analog hardware design language — (language)   (AHDL) A language under development by the US Air Force.
  • and the rest/all the rest of it — You can add and the rest or all the rest of it to the end of a statement or list when you want to refer in a vague way to other things that are associated with the ones you have already mentioned.
  • between a rock and a hard place — having to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives
  • bose-chaudhuri-hocquenghem code — (data, communications)   (BHC Code) An error detection and correction technique based on Cyclic Redundancy Code, used in telecommunications applications.
  • department of homeland security — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with protecting U.S. territory from terrorist attacks and providing a coordinated response to large-scale emergencies. Abbreviation: DHS.
  • dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane — DDT.
  • dictatorship of the proletariat — absolute control of economic and political power in a country by a government of the working class (proletariat): regarded in Communist theory as a means of effecting the transition from capitalism to communism
  • digital subtraction angiography — a computerized x-ray technique in which arteries are visualized following injection of dye into a vein. Abbreviation: DSA.
  • draw/pick/pull sth out of a hat — In competitions, if you say that the winners will be drawn or picked out of the hat, you mean that they will be chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance of winning.
  • ear, nose and throat department — the department of a hospital that specializes in dealing with diseases affecting the ear, nose and throat
  • ear, nose and throat specialist — a medical practitioner who specializes in dealing with diseases affecting the ear, nose and throat
  • environmental health department — the department of a local authority which deals with prevention of the spread of communicable diseases, food safety and hygiene, control of infestation by insects or rodents, etc
  • every cloud has a silver lining — If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it.
  • fetal alcohol spectrum disorder — any of several disorders characterized by a variable cluster of birth defects that may include facial abnormalities, growth deficiency, mental retardation, and other impairments, caused by the mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Abbreviation: FASD.
  • foreign and commonwealth office — the department of British government which promotes the United Kingdom's interests abroad
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease — a chronic condition in which acid from the stomach flows back into the lower esophagus, causing pain or tissue damage.
  • go in one ear and out the other — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
  • has been around/had been around — If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations.
  • hide one's light under a bushel — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • hierarchical design methodology — (programming)   (HDM) A method for specifying software and systems using hierarchies of abstract machines, developed by Larry Robinson at SRI International circa 1975-1976. The specifications were written in SPECIAL.
  • histrionic personality disorder — a psychological disorder usually beginning in early adulthood, characterized by excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking behavior. Abbreviation: HPD.
  • in the good (or bad) graces of — in favor (or disfavor) with
  • independent order of rechabites — a society devoted to total abstention from alcoholic drink
  • industrial workers of the world — an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbreviation: I.W.W., IWW.
  • integrated systems architecture — (ISA for ODP) An Esprit 2 project continuing the ANSA project.
  • is that/do i make myself clear? — You can say 'Is that clear?' or 'Do I make myself clear?' after you have told someone your wishes or instructions, to make sure that they have understood you, and to emphasize your authority.
  • multi-user shared hallucination — (communications, application)   (MUSH) A user-extendable MUD. A MUSH provides commands which the players can use to construct new rooms or make objects and puzzles for other players to explore.
  • national endowment for the arts — an independent agency that stimulates the growth and development of the arts in the U.S. by awarding grants to individuals and organizations.
  • nondeterministic turing machine — (complexity)   A normal (deterministic) Turing Machine that has a "guessing head" - a write-only head that writes a guess at a solution on the tape first, based on some arbitrary internal algorithm. The regular Turing Machine then runs and returns "yes" or "no" to indicate whether the solution is correct. A nondeterministic Turing Machine can solve nondeterministic polynomial time computational decision problems in a number of steps that is a polynomial function of the size of the input
  • not all sth is cracked up to be — If you say that something is not all it's cracked up to be, you mean that it is not as good as other people have said it is.
  • old lady of threadneedle street — the Bank of England (used as a nickname).
  • pay the piper and call the tune — to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it
  • president of the board of trade — a title held by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills
  • secondary sexual characteristic — any of various features distinguishing individuals of different sex but not directly concerned in reproduction. Examples are the antlers of a stag and the beard of a man
  • see the handwriting on the wall — to foresee impending disaster or misfortune: Dan. 5:5-28
  • sir gawain and the green knight — an English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the 14th century.
  • snow white and the seven dwarfs — a fairy tale in which a young princess runs away from her murderous stepmother and is sheltered by seven dwarfs
  • states' rights democratic party — a political party formed by dissident southern Democrats who opposed the candidacy of Harry Truman in 1948 and campaigned on a platform of states' rights.
  • supplementary ideographic plane — (text, standard)   (SIP) The third plane (plane 2) defined in Unicode/ISO 10646, designed to hold all the ideographs descended from Chinese writing (mainly found in Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Chinese) that aren't found in the Basic Multilingual Plane. The BMP was supposed to hold all ideographs in modern use; unfortunately, many Chinese dialects (like Cantonese and Hong Kong Chinese) were overlooked; to write these, characters from the SIP are necessary. This is one reason even non-academic software must support characters outside the BMP.
  • the charge of the light brigade — a poem (1854) by Tennyson, celebrating the British cavalry attack on the Russian position at Balaklava during the Crimean War.
  • the early bird catches the worm — If you say that the early bird catches the worm, you mean that the person who arrives first in a place is most likely to get what they want.
  • the economic and monetary union — a union of nations within the European Union sharing a single market and a single currency (the Euro)
  • to be thrown in at the deep end — to be put into a situation without preparation or introduction
  • to burn the candle at both ends — If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.
  • to give something a body swerve — to avoid something
  • to hang on someone's every word — If you hang on someone's every word, you listen very carefully to what they are saying, because you admire or respect them.
  • to pour cold water on something — If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it.

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