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23-letter words containing a, n, o, l, e, s

  • system control language — (language)   (SCL) The command language for the VME/B operating system on the ICL2900. SCL was block structured and supported strings, lists of strings ("superstrings"), integer, Boolean, and array types. You could trigger a block whenever a condition on a variable value occured. It supported macros and default arguments. Commands were treated like procedure calls.
  • talk someone's head off — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • tennessee walking horse — an American breed of horse, marked by its stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk
  • thank one's lucky stars — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
  • the library of congress — the official library of the United States in Washington, DC. It houses extensive collections in all subject areas and formats, important historical documents, and is also a depository for copyrighted materials.
  • the royal naval reserve — the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom
  • the scottish parliament — the devolved national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh
  • to call someone's bluff — If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
  • to clap eyes on someone — To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them.
  • to get ahold of oneself — to force oneself to become calm and sensible after a shock or in a difficult situation
  • to have feelings for sb — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • to have your hands full — If you have your hands full with something, you are very busy because of it.
  • to hell in a handbasket — to one's doom
  • to keep your nose clean — If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble.
  • to make your skin crawl — If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
  • to meet someone halfway — If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.
  • to rest on your laurels — If someone is resting on their laurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
  • to wipe the slate clean — If you wipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.
  • tongass national forest — a temperate rainforest in SE Alaska that also harbors more than two dozen communities, including Juneau: largest US national forest. 17 million acres (69,000 km).
  • trans-siberian railroad — a railroad traversing Siberia, from Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains to Vladivostok: constructed by the Russian government 1891–1916. over 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
  • transcendental equation — an equation that involves transcendental functions.
  • transcendental function — a function that is not an algebraic function.
  • transplantation antigen — a histocompatibility antigen identified by its effect on the rejection of transplanted cells or tissues.
  • treat someone like dirt — If you say that someone treats you like dirt, you are angry with them because you think that they treat you unfairly and with no respect.
  • trellis code modulation — (TCM) A modulation technique with hardware error detection and correction.
  • trigonal trisoctahedron — a trisoctahedron whose faces are triangles.
  • triple expansion engine — (formerly) a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in three stages in cylinders of increasing diameter to accommodate the increasing volume of the steam
  • turn a cold shoulder to — to treat with disdain; snub
  • unconditional discharge — the release of a defendant without having to spend time on parole or probation
  • unconstitutional strike — a stoppage of work which violates the dispute procedure agreed between the employer and the trade union or trade unions concerned
  • united states of brazil — former official name of Brazil.
  • urea-formaldehyde resin — any of a group of resins formed by the interaction of urea and formaldehyde under conditions that include heat and pH control: used chiefly in the manufacture of buttons, baking enamels, and for making fabrics wrinkle-resistant.
  • van der waals' equation — an equation of state relating the pressure, volume, and absolute temperature of a gas, taking into account the finite size of the molecules and the attractive force between them.
  • variable contrast paper — printing paper in which the contrast of the image is controlled by the color of the printing light.
  • vestibulocochlear nerve — either one of the eight pairs of cranial nerves that supply the cochlea and semicircular canals of the internal ear and contribute to the sense of hearing
  • viscount horatio nelsonViscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral.
  • volumetric displacement — the volume of air per revolution that passes through a mechanical pump when the pressure at the intake and the exhaust is the same as that of the atmosphere
  • voyageurs national park — a national park in N Minnesota. 343 sq. mi. (888 sq. km).
  • western lowland gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
  • wholly-owned subsidiary — A wholly-owned subsidiary is a company whose shares are all owned by another company.
  • willow-leaved jessamine — a Chilean shrub, Cestrum parqui, of the nightshade family, having willowlike leaves and clusters of whitish or yellowish flowers that are very fragrant at night.
  • wolfgang amadeus mozart — Wolfgang Amadeus [woo lf-gang am-uh-dey-uh s;; German vawlf-gahng ah-mah-dey-oo s] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ ˌæm əˈdeɪ əs;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1756–91, Austrian composer.
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