25-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h
- put on one's thinking cap — to ponder a matter or problem
- rate monotonic scheduling — (algorithm) A means of scheduling the time allocated to periodic hard-deadline real-time users of a resource. The users are assigned priorities such that a shorter fixed period between deadlines is associated with a higher priority. Rate monotonic scheduling provides a low-overhead, reasonably resource-efficient means of guaranteeing that all users will meet their deadlines provided that certain analytical equations are satisfied during the system design. It avoids the design complexity of time-line scheduling and the overhead of dynamic approaches such as earliest-deadline scheduling.
- read someone the riot act — If someone in authority reads you the riot act, they tell you that you will be punished unless you start behaving properly.
- saddle block (anesthesia) — a method of spinal anesthesia, often used during obstetric delivery, that produces anesthesia in that area of the body that would be in contact with a saddle during horseback riding
- selective synchronization — a sound-recording process that facilitates overdubs by feeding the recorded track to the performer straight from the recording head
- sequential parlog machine — (SPM) The virtual machine (and its machine code) for the Parlog logic programming language.
- software through pictures — (programming, tool) (StP) A set of CASE tools distributed by Aonix.
- stretch one's imagination — If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
- sympathetic introspection — a study of human conduct in which the investigator imagines himself or herself engaged in that conduct.
- take up the cudgels (for) — to come to the defense (of)
- tetragonal trisoctahedron — Geometry. a trisoctahedron the faces of which are quadrilaterals; trapezohedron.
- thank one's (lucky) stars — to be thankful for what appears to be good luck
- the ball is in sb's court — If you say that the ball is in someone's court, you mean that it is his or her responsibility to take the next action or decision in a situation.
- the ball is in your court — you are obliged to make the next move
- the calm before the storm — You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.
- the meteorological office — a British Government department supplying weather forecasts
- the politically incorrect — politically incorrect people considered collectively
- the protestant work ethic — a belief in the moral value of work, associated with Protestant Christianity
- the scholastic profession — the profession of teaching
- thermodynamic equilibrium — the condition of an isolated system in which the quantities that specify its properties, such as pressure, temperature, etc, all remain unchanged
- thermodynamic temperature — temperature defined in terms of the laws of thermodynamics and not in terms of the properties of any real material. It is usually expressed on the Kelvin scale
- thermoelectromotive force — the electromotive force developed by the thermoelectric effect.
- thermoluminescence dating — a method of dating archaeological specimens, chiefly pottery, by measuring the radiation given off by ceramic materials as they are heated.
- thin-layer chromatography — chromatography in which glass plates coated with thin layers of alumina, silica gel, or cellulose are used as an adsorbent.
- to be in the catbird seat — to be in a very good situation
- to call something to mind — If something brings another thing to mind or calls another thing to mind, it makes you think of that other thing, usually because it is similar in some way.
- to catch sight of someone — If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
- to have your work cut out — If you say that you will have your work cut out to do something, you mean that it will be a very difficult task.
- to keep a watchful eye on — If you keep a watchful eye on someone or something, you watch carefully to make sure there are no problems.
- to lay claim to something — If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
- to sail close to the wind — If you sail close to the wind, you take a risk by doing or saying something that may get you into trouble.
- to teach someone a lesson — If you say that you are going to teach someone a lesson, you mean that you are going to punish them for something that they have done so that they do not do it again.
- touch/cover all the bases — If someone touches all the bases or covers the bases, they deal with everyone or everything involved in a situation.
- transcendental-philosophy — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- tribasic sodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- under the watchful eye of — If you do something under the watchful eye of someone who has authority over you, they watch you carefully to make sure there are no problems.
- undisputed world champion — a boxer who holds the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, the World Boxing Organization, and the International Boxing Federation world championship titles simultaneously
- war of the grand alliance — the war (1689–97) in which England, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire in league with Bavaria, Brandenburg, Savoy, and the Palatinate opposed France.