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26-letter words containing d, o, u, g

  • a fat lot of good/use/help — If you say that something is a fat lot of good or a fat lot of help, you are saying rudely that it is no good or no help at all.
  • advanced function printing — Advanced Function Presentation
  • analogue-digital converter — a device converting an analogue electrical signal into a digital representation so that it can be processed by a digital system
  • augmented backus-naur form — (language)   An extension of Backus-Naur Form documented in RFC 2234.
  • codd's reduction algorithm — (database)   An algorithm to convert an arbitrary expression of the relational calculus to an equivalent expression of the relational algebra. This can be used as the basis of an implementation of the relational calculus.
  • code division multiplexing — Code Division Multiple Access
  • coldfusion markup language — (language, web)   (CFML) A tag based markup language used to create ColdFusion web applications by embedding ColdFusion commands in HTML files.
  • combined cycle gas turbine — A combined cycle gas turbine is an efficient combination of gas-fired turbine and steam turbine, used in a power plant.
  • computer aided engineering — (application)   (CAE) The use of software to help with all phases of engineering design work. Like computer aided design, but also involving the conceptual and analytical design steps and extending into Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM).
  • computer-aided engineering — the use of computers to automate manufacturing processes
  • computer-assisted learning — Computer-Aided Instruction
  • computer-generated imagery — (graphics)   (CGI) Animatied graphics produced by computer and used in film or television.
  • data manipulation language — (language, database)   (DML, or Data Management Language) A language for the manipulation of data in a database by applications and/or directly by end-users. See also Data Definition Language (DDL).
  • distinguished flying cross — Military. a decoration awarded for heroic or extraordinary achievement while on aerial duty.
  • electronic programme guide — an on-screen guide that enables viewers of digital television to select programmes using a handheld device
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy — (medicine) upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
  • event description language — (language)   (EDL)
  • extended concurrent prolog — (language)   (ECP) Concurrent Prolog with OR parallelism, set abstraction and meta-inference features.
  • federal networking council — (FNC) The coordinating group of representatives from federal agencies involved in the development and use of federal networking, especially those networks using TCP/IP and the Internet. Current members include representatives from DOD, DOE, DARPA, NSF, NASA, and HHS.
  • first-class honours degree — an honours degree of the highest class
  • fowler-nordheim tunnelling — (electronics)   (US: "tunneling") The quantum mechanical effect exploited in EAPROM and Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. It differs from Frenkel-Pool Tunnelling in that it does not rely on defects in the semiconductor.
  • frederic auguste bartholdi — Frédéric Auguste [frey-dey-reek oh-gyst] /freɪ deɪˈrik oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1834–1904, French sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty.
  • german democratic republic — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
  • get in on the ground floor — If you get in on the ground floor, you become involved in a business or plan in the early stages, in order to gain an advantage.
  • give someone to understand — If someone is given to understand that something is the case, it is communicated to them that it is the case, usually without them being told directly.
  • grand army of the republic — an organization, founded in 1866, composed of men who served in the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War: its last member died in 1956. Abbreviation: G.A.R.
  • ground-controlled approach — a system in which an observer interprets radar observations of the position of an aircraft and transmits continuous instructions to its pilot for landing. Abbreviation: GCA.
  • hydrogenated glucose syrup — a syrup produced by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch followed by the hydrogenation of the glucose syrup, and used as a sweetener in confectionery, etc
  • knights of the round table — a legendary order of knights created by King Arthur.
  • law of diminishing returns — diminishing returns (def 2).
  • monday morning quarterback — a person who criticizes the actions or decisions of others after the fact, using hindsight to assess situations and specify alternative solutions.
  • mongolian hordes technique — (programming, jargon)   (Or "Chinese Army technique") Assigning a large number of inexperienced programmers to a job which would better performed by a few skilled ones. The term was first used by Dr. Fred Brooks in his book "The Mythical Man-Month", Chapter 3. According to Dr. Brooks, he had in mind the vision of the Mongol Hordes sweeping across Asia and Europe when he created the term.
  • national database language — (database, standard)   (NDL) A US standard for portability of database definitions and application programs.
  • object modelling technique — (programming)   (OMT) An object-oriented methodology.
  • organophosphorus-compounds — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
  • overdraft checking account — a bank account with a credit line permitting checks to be written for an amount above the account balance, subject to a finance charge on the overdraft.
  • richardson ground squirrel — a ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni, of sagebrush and grassland areas of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent regions in Canada.
  • ride roughshod over sb/sth — If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person's wishes.
  • round peg in a square hole — a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified
  • sangre de cristo mountains — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Blanca Peak, 4364 m (14 317 ft)
  • solemn league and covenant — an agreement (1643) between the parliaments of Scotland and England permitting the promotion of Presbyterianism in Scotland, England, and Ireland.
  • square peg in a round hole — If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
  • straight from the shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
  • straight-from-the-shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
  • suit sb down to the ground — If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing suits someone down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.
  • super video graphics array — (hardware)   (SVGA) A video display standard created by VESA for IBM PC compatible personal computers. The resolution is 800 x 600 4-bit pixels. Each pixel can therefore be one of 16 colours. See Video Graphics Array.
  • textured vegetable protein — soya meat; a meat substitute that is made from soy flour
  • to get your fingers burned — If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.
  • to get your house in order — If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
  • to put your heads together — If two or more people put their heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it.

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