32-letter words containing e, u, l, o
- queen mary and westfield college — (QMW) One of the largest of the multi-faculty schools of the University of London. QMW has some 6000 students and over 600 teaching and research staff organised into seven faculties. QMW was one of the first colleges in the University of London to develop fully the course-unit, or modular, approach to degree programmes. Cross faculty courses are encouraged and the physical proximity of all the College buildings is a major factor in enabling students to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to their studies.
- real-time common design language — (language) (RT-CDL) A real-time language for the design of reliable reactive systems.
- representation language language — (language) (RLL) A frame language.
- resource access control facility — (RACF) IBM's large system security product. It originally ran only under MVS but has since been ported to run under VM.
- round the clock/around the clock — If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping.
- single instruction multiple data — Single Instruction/Multiple Data
- smaller european elm bark beetle — elm bark beetle (def 1).
- standing settlement instructions — Standing settlement instructions are instructions that have been agreed in advance, and that are to be used every time a trade is made.
- systems application architecture — (programming) (SAA) IBM's family of standard interfaces which enable software to be written independently of hardware and operating system.
- take the law into your own hands — act as a vigilante
- take the wind out of one's sails — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
- telecommunication display device — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
- temporomandibular joint disorder — a syndrome caused by a dislocation, injury, etc. of the temporomandibular joint, characterized variously by headache, facial pain, dizziness, partial loss of hearing, etc.
- temporomandibular joint syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
- to have by the short and curlies — to have completely in one's power
- to have mixed feelings about sth — If you have mixed feelings about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
- to laugh all the way to the bank — If you say that someone is laughing all the way to the bank, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily.
- to nail your colours to the mast — If someone nails their colours to the mast, they say what they really think about something.
- transaction application language — (language) (TAL) Not "Tandem Application Language". A block-structured, procedural language optimised for use on Tandem hardware. TAL is a cross between C and Pascal and is the primary system programming language on Tandem computers. Tandem has no assembler and originally had no C or Pascal.
- turn/beat swords into plowshares — If you say that swords have been turned into plowshares or beaten into plowshares, you mean that a state of conflict between two or more groups of people has ended and a period of peace has begun.
- twist around one's little finger — to have easy and complete control or influence over
- uniform code of military justice — the body of laws governing members of the U.S. armed forces: superseded the Articles of War in 1951
- united states employment service — the division of the Department of Labor that supervises and coordinates the activities of state employment agencies. Abbreviation: USES.
- virtual sequential access method — Virtual Storage Access Method
- volunteers in service to america — VISTA.
- wash one's dirty linen in public — fabric woven from flax yarns.
- with your tail between your legs — If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed.
- workers' educational association — a charitable organization providing adult community education