22-letter words containing a, s, p, o, r, t

disciplinary committee — a committee charged with examining alleged breaches of discipline within an organization, profession, etc and adjudicating on them
disposable soma theory — the theory that ageing is caused by the body having increasingly fewer resources to allocate towards repairing wear and damage to tissues
do sth pursuant to sth — If someone does something pursuant to a law or regulation, they obey that law or regulation.
earth inductor compass — a compass actuated by induction from the earth's magnetic field.
electroencephalographs — Plural form of electroencephalograph.
electrophysiologically — In an electrophysiological way.
employers' association — a body of employers, usually from the same sector of the economy, associated to further the interests of member companies by conducting negotiations with trade unions, providing advice, making representations to other bodies, etc
fall prey to something — To fall prey to something bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
file transfer protocol — (FTP) A client-server protocol which allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Also the client program the user executes to transfer files. It is defined in STD 9, RFC 959. See also anonymous FTP, FSP, TFTP.
for no apparent reason — If you say that something happens for no apparent reason, you cannot understand why it happens.
geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
give a person what for — to punish or reprimand a person severely
go their separate ways — When two or more people who have been together for some time go their separate ways, they go to different places or end their relationship.
go through one's paces — to show one's abilities, skills, etc.
gravitational collapse — the final stage of stellar evolution in which a star collapses to a final state, as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, when the star's nuclear reactions no longer generate enough pressure to balance the attractive force of gravity.
gross national product — the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. Abbreviation: GNP.
guanosine triphosphate — GTP.
gum bichromate process — a contact printing method in which the image is formed on a coating of sensitized gum containing a suitable colored pigment and potassium or ammonium dichromate.
help a person off with — to assist a person in the removal of (clothes)
hemorrhagic septicemia — an acute infectious disease of animals, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, and characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms, pneumonia, and general blood infection.
horn-rimmed spectacles — spectacles with rims made of material resembling horn
hospital administrator — a person who works in the management team of a hospital
independent assortment — law of independent assortment.
information processing — processing of information, especially the handling of information by computers in accordance with strictly defined systems of procedure.
interoperable database — A database front-end which communicates with multiple heterogenous databases and makes them appear as a single homogenous entity with semantic calls. See ODBC.
interrogator-responsor — a radio or radar transceiver for sending a signal to a transponder and receiving and interpreting the reply.
java community process — (project) (JCP) An organization controlled by Sun Microsystems to further the growth of the Java language and runtime. The JCP produces standards called Java Standard Requests, which are "requests" in the same sense as RFCs.
let sth drop/fall/slip — If you let drop, let fall, or let slip information, you reveal it casually or by accident, during a conversation about something else.
lord justice of appeal — an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal
love-hate relationship — If you have a love-hate relationship with someone or something, your feelings towards them change suddenly and often from love to hate.
magnetic pole strength — Electricity. a measure of the force exerted by one face of a magnet on a face of another magnet when both magnets are represented by equal and opposite poles. Symbol: m.
make/prove one's point — If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
microwave spectroscopy — the determination of those frequencies of the microwave spectrum that are selectively absorbed by certain materials, providing information about atomic, molecular, and crystalline structure.
non-maskable interrupt — (NMI) An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680x0 or the NMI line on an 80x86. In contrast with a priority interrupt (which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is *never* ignored.
nonrepresentationalism — not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
nonspecular reflection — the diffuse reflection of sound or light waves
north rhine-westphalia — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
not be sb's department — If you say that a task or area of knowledge is not your department, you mean that you are not responsible for it or do not know much about it.
oak processionary moth — a moth, (Thaumetopoea processionea), of the family Thaumetopoeidae, the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
object-oriented pascal — Object Pascal
occupational therapist — professional who assists with rehabilitation
oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
on the part of someone — as far as someone is concerned
open source initiative — (body) (OSI) An organisation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.
open-market operations — the purchase and sale on the open market of government securities by the Bank of England for the purpose of regulating the supply of money and credit to the economy
operating instructions — instructions on how to use something (such an electrical appliance, etc)
operation desert storm — the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)
operational data store — (database) (ODS) A group of integrated databases designed to support the monitoring of operations. Unlike function oriented databases, an ODS contains subject-oriented, dynamic, current enterprise-wide information that is continually updated to show the current state of operations.
outside awareness port — (humour) (OAP) A humorous IBM term for a window (the glass kind) rather than the GUI kind.
parallel server option — Oracle Parallel Server

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