23-letter words containing a, n, t, s, i

martha washington chair — a chair of the 18th century having a high upholstered back, a low upholstered seat, and short arms resting on incurvate supports.
martha washington table — a sewing table of the 18th century having an oval top that can be lifted and a central compartment of drawers with semicircular bins at each end.
masters of the universe — extremely powerful and wealthy members of the financial professions
maturity-onset diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
meaningful relationship — a romantic relationship based upon mutual respect and supportiveness and marked by a sense of commitment and fulfillment.
message digest function — one-way hash function
message handling system — (messaging, standard) (MHS) The standard defined by ITU-T as X.400 and by ISO as Message-Oriented Text Interchange Standard (MOTIS). MHS is the X.400 family of services and protocols that provides the functions for global electronic mail transfer among local mail systems and MTAs. It is used by CompuServe, among others.
midsummer night's dream — a comedy (1595?) by Shakespeare.
mortise and tenon joint — a joint (in wood or stone) using a mortise and tenon
multiple-risk insurance — insurance that covers several risks
national health service — In Britain, the National Health Service is the state system for providing medical care. It is paid for by taxes.
national safety council — a non profit organization that promotes and ensures health and safety standards
national superannuation — a means-related pension paid to elderly people
netherlands east indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia.
netherlands west indies — a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch realm. 366 sq. mi. (948 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
netscape public license — Open source license
neutrosophic statistics — (statistics) Analysis of events described by neutrosophic probability.
new year's honours list — an Honour's List published at the beginning of a new year
newton's laws of motion — three laws of mechanics describing the motion of a body. The first law states that a body remains at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by a force. The second law states that a body's rate of change of momentum is proportional to the force causing it. The third law states that when a force acts on a body due to another body, then an equal and opposite force acts simultaneously on that body
nigger of the narcissus — a novel (1897) by Joseph Conrad.
nondisclosure agreement — a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. Abbreviation: NDA.
nonessential amino acid — an amino acid that can be synthesized in the body
north east lincolnshire — a unitary authority in E England, in Lincolnshire: formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Humberside. Pop: 157 400 (2003 est). Area: 192 sq km (74 sq miles)
north ossetian republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the N slopes of the central Caucasus Mountains. Capital: Vladikavkaz. Pop: 709 900 (2002). Area: about 8000 sq km (3088 sq miles)
not dry behind the ears — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
not put it past someone — to consider someone capable of (the action specified)
o'reilly and associates — The leading publisher of information on the Internet, Unix, the X Window System and other open systems. They also provide the Global Network Navigator service.
object relations theory — a form of psychoanalytic theory postulating that people relate to others in order to develop themselves
occupational psychology — the study of human behaviour at work, including ergonomics, selection procedures, and the effects of stress
of many years' standing — You can use the expression of many years' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years' standing, it has been your home for ten years.
on one's best behaviour — behaving with careful good manners
on one's own initiative — without being prompted
on someone's coat-tails — thanks to the popularity or success of someone else
on-line data processing — the storing or processing of data on a computer using the internet
order of the visitation — a religious order of nuns founded in 1610 by St Francis of Sales and dedicated to contemplation and the cultivation of humility, gentleness, and sisterly love
orthostatic hypotension — Medicine/Medical. a fall in blood pressure associated with an upright position, usually occurring as a result of standing still for a long time or rising from a prolonged stay in bed and often causing faintness, dizziness, and vision disturbances.
osteogenesis imperfecta — a rare hereditary disease in which abnormal connective tissue development leads to fragile bones subject to fracture.
pan-africanist congress — a South African liberation movement founded in 1959, now a political party known as the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania
parasexual reproduction — reproduction by recombination of genes from genetically dissimilar nuclei within binucleate or multinucleate cells, as in filamentous fungi.
parkinson's law of data — "Data expands to fill the space available for storage"; buying more memory encourages the use of more memory-intensive techniques. It has been observed over the last 10 years that the memory usage of evolving systems tends to double roughly once every 18 months. Fortunately, memory density available for constant dollars also tends to double about once every 12 months (see Moore's Law); unfortunately, the laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely.
parliamentary secretary — government minister's assistant
participant observation — a technique of field research, used in anthropology and sociology, by which an investigator (participant observer) studies the life of a group by sharing in its activities.
participating insurance — insurance in which the policyholders receive dividends and share in the surplus earnings of the company.
percentage distribution — a frequency distribution is which individual frequencies are shown as a percentage of the total frequencies
pharmaceuticals company — a company specialising in developing and marketing pharmaceuticals
phyletic classification — classification of organisms based on their assumed evolutionary histories and relationships.
physiological phonetics — the branch of phonetics that deals with the motive processes, anatomical measurements, spirometric properties, muscle and membrane tone, and kinetic aspects of the production of speech and with related aspects of the reception of speech.
pithecanthropus erectus — Java man
plan position indicator — a radarscope on which an object reflecting radar waves shows its bearing and distance from the radar detector by causing a spot of light to appear on a screen that represents a map of the area around the detector. Abbreviation: PPI.
planetesimal hypothesis — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.

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