20-letter words containing f, e, p, r, o
- request for proposal — (programming) (RFP) The publication by a prospective software purchaser of details of the required system in order to attract offers by software developers to supply it. Software development under contract starts with the selection of the software developer by the customer. A request for proposal (also called in Britain an "invitation to tender") is the beginning of the selection process.
- respecter of persons — one whose behavior toward people is influenced by their social status, prestige, etc.
- separation of powers — the principle or system of vesting in separate branches the executive, legislative, and judicial powers of a government.
- sing for your supper — If someone has to sing for their supper, they have to do a job before they are allowed to do something they want to do.
- soke of peterborough — a former administrative unit of E central England, generally considered part of Northamptonshire or Huntingdonshire: absorbed into Cambridgeshire in 1974
- span of apprehension — the maximum number of objects that can be correctly assessed after a brief presentation
- specific performance — (especially in the sale of land) literal compliance with one's contractual promises pursuant to a judicial mandate.
- spiral of archimedes — a curve that is the locus of a point that moves outward with uniform speed along a vector, beginning at the origin, while the vector rotates about the origin with uniform angular velocity. Equation (in polar coordinates): r = aθ.
- spirit of enterprise — the motivation to set up and succeed in business or commerce
- square of opposition — a diagrammatic representation of the opposition of categorical propositions.
- the legal profession — the profession of law
- the price of someone — what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment
- third-party software — software created by programmers or publishers independent of the manufacturer of the hardware for which it is intended.
- to hope for the best — If you are in a difficult situation and do something and hope for the best, you hope that everything will happen in the way you want, although you know that it may not.
- toxemia of pregnancy — an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, edema, and the presence of protein in the urine.
- trumpet call for sth — a signal for something
- unemployment figures — statistics relating to the number of people who are out of work
- uniform crime report — an annual report issued by the FBI that presents data on selected categories of crimes reported to the police. Abbreviation: UCR.
- university professor — a professor entitled to teach courses in more than one field or discipline at a university.
- upper yosemite falls — a section of Yosemite Falls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park that is 436 m (1430 ft) high