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26-letter words containing a, t, r, i, s

  • universal time coordinated — incorrect term for coordinated universal time.
  • university of pennsylvania — (body, education)   The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • unlisted securities market — a market on the London Stock Exchange, established in 1980 and discontinued in 1996, for trading in shares of smaller companies, who did not wish to comply with the requirements for a full listing
  • upper side-band modulation — (communications)   (USB) A kind of modulation applied to a sinusoidal carrier.
  • victoria and albert museum — a museum of the fine and applied arts in London, originating from 1856 and given its present name and site in 1899
  • voluntary service overseas — an organization that sends young volunteers to use and teach their skills in developing countries
  • warsaw treaty organization — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
  • what someone is driving at — If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.
  • with one's nose in the air — haughtily
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