22-letter words containing a, n, t, e, g, r
- structural engineering — the branch of civil engineering dealing with the design and planning of large structures
- structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
- subliminal advertising — a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
- substantive agreements — collective agreements that regulate jobs, pay, and conditions
- system account manager — (cryptography, operating system, security) (SAM) A password database stored as a registry file in Windows NT and Windows 2000. The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users' passwords in a hashed format. Since a hash function is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against offline cracking, Microsoft introduced the SYSKEY utility in Windows NT 4.0.
- take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
- talk through one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- tapered roller bearing — a rolling bearing that uses tapered rollers running in coned races and is able to accept axial thrust as well as providing shaft location
- the (great) depression — the period of economic depression which began in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s
- the caring professions — professions such as nursing and social work that are involved with looking after people who are ill or who need help in coping with their lives
- the chattering classes — the educated sections of society, considered as enjoying discussion of political, social, and cultural issues
- the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
- the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
- the grand remonstrance — the document prepared by the Long Parliament in 1640 listing the evils of the king's government, the abuses already rectified, and the reforms Parliament advocated
- the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
- thermal imaging camera — a camera that can make infrared radiation visible
- thermal imaging system — equipment providing images of a target, or of a person or thing under examination
- to make the front page — if something 'makes the front page' it is printed on the first page of a newspaper
- total allergy syndrome — a condition in which a person suffers from a large number of symptoms that are claimed to be caused by allergies to various substances used or encountered in modern life
- transient program area — (operating system) (TPA) The region of memory CP/M set aside for user programs.
- transposing instrument — a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
- trigonometric equation — an equation involving trigonometric functions of unknown angles, as cos B = ½.
- university of michigan — (body, education) A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. 70% of the University's students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. 90% rank in the top 20% of their high school class. 60% of the students receive financial aid. The main Ann Arbor Campus lies in the Huron River valley, 40 miles west of Detroit. The campus boasts 2700 acres with 200 buildings, six million volumes in 23 libraries, nine museums, seven hospitals, hundreds of laboratories and institutes, and over 18000 microcomputers.
- upright vacuum cleaner — a vacuum cleaner that is tall rather than wide
- vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
- voluntary manslaughter — the unlawful killing of one human being by another with malice aforethought but in mitigating circumstances
- wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
- washington court house — a city in SW Ohio.
- water under the bridge — If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
- west greenland current — an ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland.
- with all the trimmings — if you say that something comes with all the trimmings, you mean that it has many extra things added to it to make it more special
- within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
- zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.