24-letter words containing d, r, o, s, t, e

pyrotraumatic dermatitis — hot spot.
rapid eye movement sleep — REM sleep.
relative record data set — (database) (RRDS) One of the access methods used by IBM's VSAM.
repondez s'il vous plait — Répondez s'il vous plait
representative democracy — a person or thing that represents another or others.
research and development — the part of a commercial company's activity concerned with applying the results of scientific research to develop new products and improve existing ones
revised standard version — a revision of the Bible, based on the American Standard Version and the King James Version, prepared by American scholars, published in its completed form in 1952. Abbreviation: RSV.
robot exclusion standard — standard for robot exclusion
rose-coloured spectacles — If you look at a person or situation through rose-coloured glasses or rose-tinted glasses, you see only their good points and therefore your view of them is unrealistic. In British English, you can also say that someone is looking through rose-coloured spectacles.
san bernardino mountains — mountain range in S Calif., south of the Mojave Desert: highest peak, 11,502 ft (3,506 m)
santa coloma de gramanet — a city in NE Spain.
schizoaffective disorder — a psychotic disorder in which symptoms of schizophrenia and affective disorder occur simultaneously.
secondary school teacher — a person who teaches at a secondary school
see someone hanged first — to refuse absolutely to do what one has been asked
senegambia confederation — an economic and political union (1982–89) between Senegal and The Gambia
serial interface adaptor — (SIA) The Ethernet driver chip used on a Filtabyte Ethernet card.
set one's house in order — to put one's affairs in order
shadow foreign secretary — the member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold the office of Foreign Secretary if their party were in power
shenandoah national park — a national park in N Virginia, including part of the Blue Ridge mountain range. 302 sq. mi. (782 sq. km).
short-horned grasshopper — locust (def 1).
sign one's death warrant — to cause one's own destruction
skeleton in the cupboard — a scandalous fact or event in the past that is kept secret
special development area — an area earmarked for special development by the government
st.-bruno-de-montarville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
standard housing benefit — a rebate of a proportion of a person's eligible housing costs paid by a local authority and calculated on the basis of level of income and family size
sth bodes ill/augurs ill — If something bodes ill or augurs ill, it gives you a reason to fear that something harmful might happen soon.
stratified random sample — a random sample of a population in which the population is first divided into distinct subpopulations, or strata, and random samples are then taken separately from each stratum.
student's t distribution — a bell-shaped probability distribution that is flatter or more stretched out than the normal distribution.
subordinate con-junction — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
sulphur-crested cockatoo — a large Australian white parrot, Kakatoe galerita, with a yellow erectile crest
superheterodyne receiver — a radio receiver that combines two radio-frequency signals by heterodyne action, to produce a signal above the audible frequency limit. This signal is amplified and demodulated to give the desired audio-frequency signal
take sb under one's wing — If you take someone under your wing, you look after them, help them, and protect them.
take someone at his word — to assume that someone means, or will do, what he or she says
take someone for granted — If you say that someone takes you for granted, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.
take/draw sb to one side — If you take someone to one side or draw them to one side, you speak to them privately, usually in order to give them advice or a warning.
the occupied territories — the areas of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights occupied by Israel after the 1967 Six-Day War
the second international — an international association of socialist parties and trade unions that began in Paris in 1889 and collapsed during World War I. The right-wing elements reassembled at Berne in 1919
the wars of the diadochi — a series of conflicts between 321 and 281 bc, fought by six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, desired control of his empire
the world is your oyster — If you say that the world is someone's oyster, you mean that they can do anything or go anywhere that they want to.
thorn in your side/flesh — If you describe someone or something as a thorn in your side or a thorn in your flesh, you mean that they are a continuous problem to you or annoy you.
thousand island dressing — a seasoned mayonnaise, often containing chopped pickles, pimientos, sweet peppers, hard-boiled eggs, etc.
three sheets to the wind — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
to get your just deserts — If you say that someone has got their just deserts, you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.
to have seen better days — If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.
to join the retired list — to retire
to keep your eyes peeled — If you tell someone to keep their eyes peeled for something, you are telling them to watch very carefully for it.
to make boundary changes — to change the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, because of population shifts
to show someone the door — If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you.
tools of one's/the trade — The tools of your trade or the tools of the trade are the skills, instruments, and other equipment that you need in order to do your job properly.
trading standards office — an office of the local authority department that deals with trading standards

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