23-letter words containing d, t, l, r

grand duchess charlotte — Grand Duchess (Charlotte Aldegonde Elise Marie Wilhelmine) 1896–1985, sovereign of Luxembourg 1919–64.
grant-maintained school — a school funded directly by central government
great black-backed gull — any of several white gulls, as Larus marinus (great black-backed gull) having a black back and wings.
handwriting on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
hate-driven development — (programming, humour) A play on test-driven development for use when a piece of code is not necessarily broken but you hate the way it is written so much that you feel compelled to rewrite it.
higher national diploma — a work-related higher education qualification, taking two years full-time.
hold on like grim death — to hold very firmly or resolutely
hollerithabetical order — (algorithm) Sorted into the order a standard Hollerith card sorting machine produces, with special characters interleaved within the alphabet.
identification bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
indeterminacy principle — uncertainty principle.
industrial psychologist — a person who studies human behaviour and cognitive processes in relation to the working environment
inherently safer design — Inherently safer design is when a lot of consideration is given to safety when designing a process.
integrated fire control — an electronic system that locates and tracks a target, computes the data, and employs a weapon to destroy it.
intermediate technology — technology which combines sophisticated ideas with cheap and readily available materials, esp for use in developing countries
international date line — the line approximately following the 180° meridian from Greenwich on the east side of which the date is one day earlier than on the west
lady chatterley's lover — a novel (1928) by D. H. Lawrence.
lead replacement petrol — a less toxic fuel introduced in 2000 for cars requiring leaded petrol
lead up the garden path — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
lieutenant junior grade — a commissioned officer ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant.
light and shade surface — (in architectural shades and shadows) a surface in a plane tangent to the parallel rays from the theoretical light source, treated as a shade surface.
like anything/crazy/mad — You can use the expressions like anything, like crazy, or like mad to emphasize that someone is doing something or something is happening in a very energetic or noticeable way.
liquefied petroleum gas — a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
living on borrowed time — living an unexpected extension of life
lock, stock, and barrel — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
look on the bright side — consider positive aspects
low-density lipoprotein — a plasma protein that is the major carrier of cholesterol in the blood: high levels are associated with atherosclerosis. Abbreviation: LDL.
magnetic field strength — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
magnetohydrodynamically — In a magnetohydrodynamic way.
mediated generalization — generalization (def 4c).
mediated-generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
mediterranean fruit fly — a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
methylthionine chloride — methylene blue.
mexican free-tailed bat — any of several small, insect-eating bats of the genus Tadarida, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., inhabiting limestone caves: residual DDT has reduced most populations.
murder in the cathedral — a verse drama (1935) by T. S. Eliot.
netherlands east indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia.
netherlands west indies — a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch realm. 366 sq. mi. (948 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
new product development — the process of developing new products for the market
nondisclosure agreement — a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. Abbreviation: NDA.
not long for this world — nearing death
o'reilly and associates — The leading publisher of information on the Internet, Unix, the X Window System and other open systems. They also provide the Global Network Navigator service.
on-line data processing — the storing or processing of data on a computer using the internet
order of military merit — an order awarded to members of the Canadian Forces for conspicuous merit; established in 1972
parasexual reproduction — reproduction by recombination of genes from genetically dissimilar nuclei within binucleate or multinucleate cells, as in filamentous fungi.
parkinson's law of data — "Data expands to fill the space available for storage"; buying more memory encourages the use of more memory-intensive techniques. It has been observed over the last 10 years that the memory usage of evolving systems tends to double roughly once every 18 months. Fortunately, memory density available for constant dollars also tends to double about once every 12 months (see Moore's Law); unfortunately, the laws of physics guarantee that the latter cannot continue indefinitely.
parliamentary candidate — sb standing for election to government
parliamentary democracy — a system of government in which people elect representatives to a parliament to make laws, for example Canada and the UK
partial differentiation — the process of finding one of the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.
pentagonal dodecahedron — pyritohedron.
performance-related pay — salary based on individual assessment

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