23-letter words containing c, i, n, e, o, l
- sterling software, inc. — (company) A software company which was bought out by Computer Associates International, Inc.
- subscription television — pay television.
- superposition principle — principle of superposition.
- symbolic interactionism — a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings.
- text processing utility — (language) (TPU) A DEC language for creation of text-processing interfaces, used to implement DEC's Extensible VAX Editor (EVE).
- the library of congress — the official library of the United States in Washington, DC. It houses extensive collections in all subject areas and formats, important historical documents, and is also a depository for copyrighted materials.
- the metropolitan police — the police organization that is responsible for Greater London, excluding the City of London
- the scottish parliament — the devolved national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh
- throttle-body injection — a fuel-injection system in which an injector (throttle-body injector) delivers fuel to a central location within the intake manifold of the engine. Abbreviation: TBI.
- to clip someone's wings — If you say that something or someone clips your wings, you mean that they restrict your freedom to do what you want.
- to count your blessings — If you tell someone to count their blessings, you are saying that they should think about how lucky they are instead of complaining.
- to do intelligence work — to serve in the Intelligence Corps; to collect and analyze military information
- to make your skin crawl — If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
- to wipe the slate clean — If you wipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.
- topological equivalence — the property of two topological spaces such that there is a homeomorphism from one to the other.
- transcendental equation — an equation that involves transcendental functions.
- transcendental function — a function that is not an algebraic function.
- trellis code modulation — (TCM) A modulation technique with hardware error detection and correction.
- trigonal trisoctahedron — a trisoctahedron whose faces are triangles.
- unconditional discharge — the release of a defendant without having to spend time on parole or probation
- unconstitutional strike — a stoppage of work which violates the dispute procedure agreed between the employer and the trade union or trade unions concerned
- uniform commercial code — a codification of commercial laws designed to provide uniformity among the states
- valera y alcala galiano — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1824–1905, Spanish novelist, critic, diplomat, and statesman.
- variable contrast paper — printing paper in which the contrast of the image is controlled by the color of the printing light.
- velocity of circulation — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.
- vestibulocochlear nerve — either one of the eight pairs of cranial nerves that supply the cochlea and semicircular canals of the internal ear and contribute to the sense of hearing
- virtual device location — (Or "Virtual Address") The address of a device (e.g. disk, printer, terminal) belonging to a "guest" operating system. Such an address is mapped to a physical device. VM may remap several virtual disks to different parts of a single physical disk.
- viscount horatio nelson — Viscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral.
- viscount melville sound — an arm of the Arctic Ocean between Victoria and Prince of Wales islands to the S and Melville and Bathurst islands to the N, in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada. 250 miles (400 km) long and 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- volumetric displacement — the volume of air per revolution that passes through a mechanical pump when the pressure at the intake and the exhaust is the same as that of the atmosphere
- weak accumulation point — accumulation point.
- wind cave national park — a national park in SW South Dakota. 41½ sq. mi. (107 sq. km).