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22-letter words containing c, h, e, n, g

  • local exchange carrier — (communications)   (LEC) A company allowed to handle local calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators. These vary from Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) through to small independents such as Farmers Cooperative. Local exchange carriers are not allowed to handle long-distance traffic. This is handled by inter-exchange carriers (IXC) who are not allowed to handle local calls.
  • lord high commissioner — the Queen's representative
  • 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.
  • mechanical engineering — the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.
  • myalgic encephalopathy — a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occurring as a sequel to viral illness
  • name service switching — Domain Name System
  • negative hallucination — an apparent abnormal inability to perceive an object
  • neighborhood bike code — (humour, programming)   A piece of code that every programmer at the company has touched.
  • nodal switching system — (NSS) Main routing nodes in the NSFnet backbone.
  • physiographic province — a geographic region in which climate and geology have given rise to an array of landforms different from those of surrounding regions.
  • play one's cards right — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
  • prawn-sandwich brigade — sports fans who are perceived to lack passion and commitment, and who it is supposed attend matches in order to eat food and buy merchandise rather than cheer on their team
  • process cinematography — cinematography in which the main or foreground action or scene is superimposed on or combined with simulated or separately filmed background action or scenery to produce special visual effects.
  • public housing project — a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government
  • quarter inch cartridge — (storage)   /kwik/ (QIC) a type of magnetic tape and tape drive. Development standards for QIC make it possible for tapes written on one QIC drive to be read on another. QIC drives are made to work with different lengths of tape. The model number of the drive consists of QIC followed by a number which indicates the drives tape capacity in megabytes (MB).
  • request for technology — (RFT) The process established by the OSF to get proposals for new standards.
  • saint george's channel — a channel between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic. 100 miles (160 km) long; 50–90 miles (81–145 km) wide.
  • saturday night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
  • saturday-night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
  • search the fucking web — (web, jargon)   (Always abbreviated STFW) A response implying that an inquirer could have easily found an answer to his question using Google or some other web search engine. It is now often quicker and more productive to search the World-Wide Web than to RTFM.
  • seventh-inning stretch — Baseball. a point in the game when spectators rise from their seats to relax by stretching their legs, usually after six and one-half innings.
  • special drawing rights — the reserve assets of the International Monetary Fund on which member nations may draw in proportion to their contribution to the Fund
  • spherical trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry that deals with spherical triangles.
  • take cognizance of sth — If you take cognizance of something, you take notice of it or acknowledge it.
  • 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 emergency services — the public organizations whose job is to take quick action to deal with emergencies when they occur, especially the fire brigade, the police, and the ambulance service
  • 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 long-hours culture — the prevailing view that it is normal to work long hours; the practice of working long hours
  • thermal imaging camera — a camera that can make infrared radiation visible
  • 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
  • villingen-schwenningen — a city in Baden-Württemberg in SW Germany, on the E edge of the Black Forest.
  • washington court house — a city in SW Ohio.
  • weigh anchor/up anchor — When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.
  • with egg on one's face — made to look ridiculous
  • within-subjects design — (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the value of the dependent variable for the same subjects under the various experimental conditions
  • wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
  • ysbaddaden chief-giant — the father of Olwen.
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