22-letter words containing d, i, s, m, o, n

meeting of (the) minds — an agreement
merry wives of windsor — a comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
mind one's p's and q's — to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language
mind your own business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
mind-your-own-business — baby's-tears.
molecular distillation — a vacuum distillation in which the molecules of the distillate reach the condenser before colliding with one another.
monday morning disease — azoturia (def 2).
most significant digit — the digit farthest to the left in a number. Abbreviation: MSD.
motoring correspondent — a journalist who reviews and writes about cars
mountain standard time — one of the standard times used in North America, seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
national semiconductor — (company) A semiconductor manufacturer, responsible for the SC/MP, National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000 series of microprocessors.
nodal switching system — (NSS) Main routing nodes in the NSFnet backbone.
nominal semidestructor — (abuse) Slang for "National Semiconductor", found among other places in the 4.3BSD networking sources. During the late 1970s to mid-1980s this company marketed a series of microprocessors including the National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000. At one point early in the great microprocessor race, the specs on these chips made them look like serious competition for the rising Intel 80x86 and Motorola 680x0 series. Unfortunately, the actual parts were notoriously flaky and never implemented the full instruction set promised in their literature, apparently because the company couldn't get any of the mask steppings to work as designed. They eventually sank without trace, joining the Zilog Z8000 and a few even more obscure also-rans in the graveyard of forgotten microprocessors.
non-hodgkin's lymphoma — Pathology. any of several malignancies of the lymphatic system in which the cells characteristic of Hodgkin's disease are absent.
of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
operation desert storm — the codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq (1991)
parker morris standard — (in Britain) a set of minimum criteria for good housing construction, design, and facilities, recommended by the 1961 report of the Central Housing Advisory Committee chaired by Sir Parker Morris. Subsequent governments have urged private and local authority house-builders to achieve these standards
poor richard's almanac — an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.
post office department — former name of United States Postal Service.
potassium ferricyanide — a bright-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 , used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, as Prussian blue, and of paper, especially blueprint paper.
potassium ferrocyanide — a lemon-yellow, crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in casehardening alloys having an iron base and in dyeing wool and silk.
potassium-argon dating — a method for estimating the age of a mineral or rock, based on measurement of the rate of decay of radioactive potassium into argon.
preestablished harmony — (in the philosophy of Leibnitz) synchronous operation of all monads, since their simultaneous creation, in accordance with the preexisting plan of God.
programmed instruction — a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.
public domain software — public domain
pyridostigmine bromide — a cholinesterase inhibitor, C 9 H 1 3 BrN 2 O 2 , used in its bromide form in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
quantum chromodynamics — a quantum field theory that describes quarks and gluons and their interactions, with the color of the quarks playing a role analogous to that of electric charge. Abbreviation: QCD. Also called chromodynamics. Compare color (def 18).
respond to a complaint — If you respond to a complaint, you answer a customer who expressed their dissatisfaction with something.
reverse discrimination — the unfair treatment of members of majority groups resulting from preferential policies, as in college admissions or employment, intended to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities.
rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
santiago de compostela — a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
sick building syndrome — an illness caused by exposure to pollutants or germs inside an airtight building.
side-impact protection — a device that is intended to protect a car and its passengers in the event of a collision at the side
simultaneous broadcast — a programme, etc, broadcast simultaneously on radio and television
sleeping accommodation — place where people can sleep
small business edition — Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
solid dose formulation — A solid dose formation is a hard tablet made by compressing medicine in a powder form.
solomon islands pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in the Solomon Islands and neighbouring islands
st-pierre and miquelon — group of islands in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland, constituting a political unit of France: includes the islands of St-Pierre (c. 10 sq mi, 26 sq km) & Miquelon & several islets: 93 sq mi (241 sq km); pop. 6,000
stand the test of time — last, endure
structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
the medical profession — the occupation of working as a doctor of medicine
to cast your mind back — If you cast your mind back to a time in the past, you think about what happened then.
to draw someone's fire — If you draw fire from someone, you cause them to shoot at you, for example because they think that you are threatening them.
to drop someone a line — If you drop someone a line, you write to them.
unconditioned stimulus — any stimulus evoking an unlearnt response, esp in the context of classical conditioning, in which the conditioned stimulus is followed by the unconditioned one
under no circumstances — not for any reason
underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
united empire loyalist — any of the American colonists who settled in Canada during or after the War of American Independence because of loyalty to the British Crown

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