21-letter words containing d, s, p
- a recipe for disaster — If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences.
- accounting procedures — an established way of keeping company accounts
- active matrix display — (hardware) A type of liquid crystal display where each display element (each pixel) includes an active component such as a transistor to maintain its state between scans. Contrast passive matrix display.
- adenosine diphosphate — ADP1
- advanced photo system — a system that enables photographs in different formats to be taken on the same (small) roll of film
- aids dementia complex — a brain disorder in people with AIDS that causes severe irreparable memory loss and disorientation, affecting the ability to function in social or work settings. Abbreviation: ADC.
- airborne command post — any of several converted commercial aircraft equipped with special communications and code gear, intended as flying bunkers for the president, secretary of defense, military commanders, or their designated replacements.
- algorithm description — (language) (ALDES) ["The Algorithm Description Language ALDES", R.G.K. Loos, SIGSAM Bull 14(1):15-39 (Jan 1976)].
- antimony pentasulfide — a deep-yellow, water-insoluble powder, Sb 2 S 5 , used chiefly as a pigment in oil and water colors.
- appendicular skeleton — the girdles and skeleton of the limbs
- apres-midi d'un faune — L'Après-midi d'un Faune.
- archimedes' principle — a law of physics stating that the apparent upward force (buoyancy) of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid
- assisted reproduction — the use of medical techniques to bring about the conception and birth of a child, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, egg and embryo donation, and drug therapy.
- background processing — the ability of a system to perform a low-priority task while, at the same time, dealing with a main application
- banach-tarski paradox — (mathematics) It is possible to cut a solid ball into finitely many pieces (actually about half a dozen), and then put the pieces together again to get two solid balls, each the same size as the original. This paradox is a consequence of the Axiom of Choice.
- be at pains to do sth — If someone is at pains to do something, they are very eager and anxious to do it, especially because they want to avoid a difficult situation.
- be supposed to do sth — If you say that something is supposed to happen, you mean that it is planned or expected. Sometimes this use suggests that the thing does not really happen in this way.
- blot on the landscape — If you describe something such as a building as a blot on the landscape, you mean that you think it is very ugly and spoils an otherwise attractive place.
- castellon de la plana — a port in E Spain. Pop: 160 714 (2003 est)
- cheese and wine party — a party at which cheese and wine are served
- child-directed speech — baby talk (def 2).
- committal proceedings — a preliminary hearing in a magistrates' court to decide if there is a case to answer
- computer aided design — (application) (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing".
- computer-aided design — the use of computer techniques in designing products, esp involving the use of computer graphics
- confidence and supply — denoting an arrangement in a hung parliament in which an opposition party agrees not to vote against a minority government in votes of confidence or budgetary matters but reserves the right to oppose other legislation
- corpuscular radiation — radiation consisting of atomic and subatomic particles, as alpha particles, beta particles, and neutrons.
- correspondence column — a section of a newspaper or magazine in which are printed readers' letters to the editor
- correspondence course — A correspondence course is a course in which you study at home, receiving your work by post and sending it back by post.
- correspondence school — an educational institution that offers tuition (correspondence courses) by post
- correspondence theory — the theory of truth that a statement is rendered true by the existence of a fact with corresponding elements and a similar structure.
- crittenden compromise — a series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north of latitude 36°30′N.
- dark-field microscope — ultramicroscope
- data parallel haskell — (language, parallel) Adds Parallel Objects with arbitrary Dimension (PODs) and POD comprehensions to Haskell.
- decompression chamber — a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
- deep scattering layer — any of the stratified zones in the ocean which reflect sound during echo sounding, usually composed of marine organisms which migrate vertically from c. 250 to 800 m (c. 820 to 2,625 ft)
- department of defense — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with ensuring that the military capacity of the U.S. is adequate to safeguard the national security. Abbreviation: DOD.
- department of justice — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. Abbreviation: DOJ.
- deployment descriptor — (programming) (DD) A J2EE configuration file.
- deprovincialization's — to make provincial in character.
- designated employment — (in Britain) any of certain kinds of jobs reserved for handicapped workers under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944
- diapason normal pitch — a standard of pitch in which A above middle C is established at 435 vibrations per second.
- disk operating system — DOS.
- displacement activity — a behavior performed out of its usual context and apparently irrelevant to the prevailing situation, as eating when an unknown individual approaches, tending to occur when appropiate behaviors, as attacking or fleeing, are in conflict or obstructed.
- display advertisement — an advertisement designed to attract attention by using devices such as conspicuous or elegant typefaces, graphics, etc
- disruptive technology — A disruptive technology is a new technology, such as computers and the Internet, which has a rapid and major effect on technologies that existed before.
- distributed processes — (DP) The first concurrent language based on remote procedure calls.
- distributive property — Mathematics. the property that terms in an expression may be expanded in a particular way to form an equivalent expression.
- double predestination — the doctrine that God has foreordained both those who will be saved and those who will be damned.
- double spanish burton — a tackle having one standing block and two running blocks, giving a mechanical advantage of five, neglecting friction.
- drop in someone's lap — give someone the responsibility of
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