26-letter words containing a, n, g, i, o, s
- the single european market — the free trade policy that operates between members of the European Union
- the writing is on the wall — If you say that the writing is on the wall, you mean that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant.
- three-dimensional printing — the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
- to be a dead ringer for sb — a person who is very similar in appearance to someone else
- to bring something to bear — If you bring something to bear on a situation, you use it to deal with that situation.
- to call something your own — If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
- to catch hold of something — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- to laugh in someone's face — If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.
- to lay a finger on someone — If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all.
- to set alarm bells ringing — to make someone feel worried or concerned about something
- topological transformation — homeomorphism (def 2).
- traveling salesman problem — any mathematical problem that involves determination of the shortest path through several points.
- turn something on its head — to treat or present something in a completely new and different way
- visual-aural (radio) range — a radio range that sends out signals as an aid to air navigation; esp., a very-high-frequency range that beams four signals, two for reception by the ear and two for viewing on an indicator
- warsaw treaty organization — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
- what someone is driving at — If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.