26-letter words containing a, l, s, t, o, n
- a blot on one's escutcheon — a stain on one's honor; disgrace to one's reputation
- a different kettle of fish — If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
- 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.
- abstract windowing toolkit — Abstract Window Toolkit
- 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)
- all the world and his wife — a large group of people of various kinds
- allied health professional — a person who works in the allied health professions
- alternation of generations — the production within the life cycle of an organism of alternating asexual and sexual reproductive forms. It occurs in many plants and lower animals
- ambassador plenipotentiary — a diplomatic minister of the first rank with treaty-signing powers
- american national standard — (standard) (ANS) A common prefix for ANSI documents or standards, e.g.: "ANS Forth", or "American National Standard X3.215-1994".
- analytical solutions forum — (body, standard) (ASF) The business intelligence trade body that, in October 1999, replaced the ineffective OLAP Council intending to produce standards for OLAP. The ASF managed the remarkably achievement of being even less effective and eventually disappeared, its only achievement having been the issuing of a press release announcing its formation.
- at someone's beck and call — ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim
- 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
- australopithecus afarensis — an extinct species of early hominid whose fossil remains were discovered in Ethiopia and have been dated at between 3.5 and 4 million years of age.
- australopithecus africanus — an extinct species of gracile hominid, formerly known as Plesianthropus transvaalensis, that lived in southern Africa about three million years ago.
- be a lightning rod for sth — If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves.
- bells, whistles, and gongs — A standard elaborated form of bells and whistles; typically said with a pronounced and ironic accent on the "gongs".
- below-the-line advertising — the use of sales promotions, direct marketing, in-store exhibitions and displays, trade shows, sponsorship and merchandising that do not involve an advertising agency
- bet one's bottom dollar on — to be absolutely sure of (one's opinion, a person, project, etc)
- 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.
- buryat autonomous republic — an automomous republic in the Russian Federation in Asia, E of Lake Baikal. About 35,650 sq. mi. (351,300 sq. km). Capital: Ulan Ude.
- business software alliance — (company) The BSA was created by Microsoft in 1988 in an attempt to combat software theft. The alliance includes the majority of leading software publishers including Novell, Symantec, and Autodesk and is actively campaigning in over 65 countries. The BSA operates a three-pronged approach: 1. Lobbying to strengthen copyright laws and co-operation with law enforcement agencies. 2. Educating the public through marketing, roadshows, etc. 3. Bringing legal actions against counterfeiters. BSA's aims are the same as the Federation Against Software Theft but it is not limited to the UK. In December 1990 the BSA obtained the first legal order in the UK which allowed a surprise search on a company's offices for suspected copyright infringement. UK Office: Business Software Alliance, 1st Floor, Leaconfield House, Curzon Street, London W1Y 8AS, United Kingdom. See also software audit.
- carnegie mellon university — (body, education) (CMU) A university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. School of Computer Science.
- 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
- conditional sale agreement — a type of hire-purchase agreement
- consolidated balance sheet — a statement that shows the financial position of a parent company and its subsidiary companies at a specified date by listing the asset balances and the claims on such assets
- constantine xi palaeologus — (Dragases) 1404–53, last Byzantine emperor 1449–53.
- constitutional union party — the political party formed in 1859 chiefly by former Whigs to rally moderates desirous of preserving the Union. In 1860 it nominated John Bell for president and Edward Everett for vice president.
- content addressable memory — (hardware, storage) (CAM, or "associative memory") A kind of storage device which includes comparison logic with each bit of storage. A data value is broadcast to all words of storage and compared with the values there. Words which match are flagged in some way. Subsequent operations can then work on flagged words, e.g. read them out one at a time or write to certain bit positions in all of them. A CAM can thus operate as a data parallel (SIMD) processor. CAMs are often used in caches and memory management units.
- continuation passing style — (language) (CPS) An intermediate language for Scheme that implements continuation passing style. The CPS language is semantically clean and is used for the SML/NJ compiler.
- conversational implicature — an inference that can be drawn from an utterance, as from one that is seemingly illogical or irrelevant, by examining the degree to which it conforms to the canons of normal conversation and the way it functions pragmatically within the situation, as when “The phone is ringing,” said in a situation where both speaker and listener can clearly hear the phone, can be taken as a suggestion to answer the phone.
- convertible term insurance — A convertible term insurance is a life insurance policy which pays out if the policyholder dies within a specified period of time, but also allows them to convert to another type of plan.
- coordinated universal time — Universal Time as periodically adjusted to coordinate with atomic clocks: it serves as the official international basis for standard time
- damage limitation exercise — an activity pursued to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely
- dinosaur national monument — a national monument in NE Utah and NW Colorado: site of prehistoric animal fossils. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- electronic countermeasures — (in electronic warfare) actions intended to interfere with an enemy's use of electromagnetic radiation equipment
- electronic data processing — 1. (application) (EDP) data processing by computers. 2. (company) The name of Honeywell's computer business between 1960, when it gained complete ownership of Datamatic Corporation, and 1963, when it was officially renamed Honeywell Inc.
- enhanced capabilities port — (hardware) (ECP) The most common parallel printer interface on current (1997) IBM PC compatibles. Enhanced Capabilities Port is defined in standard IEEE 1284. It is bi-directional and faster than earlier parallel ports. Not to be confused with Extended Capabilities Port.
- event description language — (language) (EDL)
- extended capabilities port — (hardware) (ECP) A parallel printer interface for IBM PC compatibles, supported by several, mainly US, manufacturers. Not to be confused with the more common Enhanced Capabilities Port.
- external-combustion engine — a heat engine in which the working fluid is heated in an external boiler or heat exchanger and is thus isolated from the process of fuel combustion
- first marquis of lansdowne — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- first-class honours degree — an honours degree of the highest class
- fractional crystallization — the process of separating the components of a solution on the basis of their different solubilities, by means of evaporating the solution until the least soluble component crystallizes out
- franklin d. roosevelt lake — a reservoir in NE Washington, formed by the Grand Coulee Dam. 130 sq. mi. (337 sq. km).
- gastroesophageal sphincter — a ring of smooth muscle fibers connecting the esophagus and stomach.
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