23-letter words containing a, o, r, i, s

in a world of one's own — If you say that someone is in a world of their own, you mean that they seem not to notice other people or the things going on around them.
in someone's bad graces — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
in the arms of morpheus — sleeping
in the nature of things — If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned.
in your heart of hearts — If you believe or know something in your heart of hearts, that is what you really believe or think, even though it may sometimes seem that you do not.
indirect discrimination — discrimination by means of rules, regulations or procedures that may appear to be neutral, but which actually discriminate against certain groups of people.
industrial psychologist — a person who studies human behaviour and cognitive processes in relation to the working environment
informatics corporation — (company) Renamed to Sterling Software Corp.
internal reconstruction — the hypothetical reconstruction of an earlier stage of a language or of some part of it, as its phonology, by deductions from irregularities in its present structure, as the reconstruction of a stage in English when certain instances of r were related to s in a systematic way by comparing the pair was:were to other pairs, as lose:forlorn.
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations.
irish christian brother — Brother of the Christian Schools (def 2).
joint test action group — (JTAG, or "IEEE Standard 1149.1") A standard specifying how to control and monitor the pins of compliant devices on a printed circuit board. Each device has four JTAG control lines. There is a common reset (TRST) and clock (TCLK). The data line daisy chains one device's test data out (TDO) pin to the test data in (TDI) pin on the next device. The protocol contains commands to read and set the values of the pins (and, optionally internal registers) of devices. This is called "boundary scanning". The protocol makes board testing easier as signals that are not visible at the board connector may be read and set. The protocol also allows the testing of equipment, connected to the JTAG port, to identify components on the board (by reading the device identification register) and to control and monitor the device's outputs. JTAG is not used during normal operation of a board.
katmai new instructions — Streaming SIMD Extensions
kinetic theory of gases — a theory that the particles in a gas move freely and rapidly along straight lines but often collide, resulting in variations in their velocity and direction. Pressure is interpreted as arising from the impacts of these particles with the walls of a container.
knight in shining armor — chivalrous man
lackland air force base — U.S. Air Force installation in SW central Texas, SW of San Antonio.
large-scale integration — LSI.
laughlin air force base — U.S. Air Force installation in SW Texas, SE of Del Rio.
lawrence livermore labs — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
lingual protrusion lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
liquefied petroleum gas — a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
lossy audio compression — (audio, compression) Any audio compression algorithm which does not retain every bit of data but only reproduces a signal that sounds more or less like the original. Examples are MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC.
magnetic resonance scan — MR scan.
main distribution frame — (networking) (MDF) The network closet containing the main hub.
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).
maximal free expression — (MFE) A free expression is sub-expression of a lambda abstraction not containing the bound variable. A maximal free expression is a free expression not contained within any other free expression. See full laziness.
meaningful relationship — a romantic relationship based upon mutual respect and supportiveness and marked by a sense of commitment and fulfillment.
micro assembly language — (language) (MAL) A microprogramming language with high-level syntax, used in the reference below. See also Mic-1, Mac-1.
micropachycephalosaurus — A very small pachycephalosaurid, ornithischian dinosaur of the genus Micropachycephalosaurus.
modern sequence dancing — a form of dancing in which ballroom dance steps are used as the basis of a wide variety of different dances typically performed in a sequence
mortise and tenon joint — a joint (in wood or stone) using a mortise and tenon
national health service — In Britain, the National Health Service is the state system for providing medical care. It is paid for by taxes.
national superannuation — a means-related pension paid to elderly people
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
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.
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.
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
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-line data processing — the storing or processing of data on a computer using the internet
one-hundred share index — the average prices for shares of the largest, most actively traded, 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange
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

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