21-letter words containing f, o, n, t, l

network filing system — (spelling) Misnomer for Network File System.
nitrosylsulfuric acid — a clear, straw-colored, oily, corrosive liquid, HNO 5 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
not for love or money — impossible to obtain by any means
of one's own volition — If you do something of your own volition, you do it because you have decided for yourself that you will do it and not because someone else has told you to do it.
open telecom platform — (communications, library) (OTP) A set of standard, open source libraries and tools for use with Erlang.
operational amplifier — a high-gain, high-input impedance amplifier, usually an integrated circuit, that can perform mathematical operations when suitably wired.
partial reinforcement — the process of randomly rewarding an organism for making a response on only some of the occasions it makes it
place of articulation — the location at which two speech organs approach or come together in producing a speech sound, as in the contact of the tongue and the teeth to form a dental sound. Also called point of articulation. Compare articulator (def 2).
point of articulation — place of articulation.
prefect of discipline — a senior master in a Jesuit school or college
pseudo-cleft sentence — cleft sentence (def 2).
pull oneself together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
reconnaissance flight — a flight made by an aircraft in order to obtain military information about a particular place
safe in the knowledge — If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case, you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing.
scarlet monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
self-characterization — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
set the world on fire — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
silicon tetrafluoride — a colorless, fuming gas, SiF 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fluosilicic acid.
skeleton at the feast — a person or event that brings gloom or sadness to an occasion of joy or celebration
social stratification — the act or an instance of stratifying.
sovereign wealth fund — an investment fund created using the financial assets of a national government
surface of revolution — a surface formed by revolving a plane curve about a given line.
take one's (own) life — to commit suicide
tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
the battle of britain — from August to October 1940, the prolonged bombing of S England by the German Luftwaffe and the successful resistance by the RAF Fighter Command, which put an end to the German plan of invading Britain
the middle of nowhere — remote place
the oldest profession — prostitution
the slough of despond — a state of extreme despondency, depression or degradation
to fall into the trap — If someone falls into the trap of doing something, they think or behave in a way which is not wise or sensible.
to fly in the face of — If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
to fly off the handle — If you fly off the handle, you suddenly and completely lose your temper.
to lay down your life — If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live.
to play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.
to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
traffic control tower — an elevated structure for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport
transformational rule — Linguistics. a rule of transformational grammar that relates two phrase markers in the course of a derivation from the deep to the surface syntactic representation of a sentence, as by reordering, inserting, or deleting elements; a rule that converts deep structures into surface structures.
universal disk format — (storage, standard) (UDF) A CD-ROM file system standard that is required for DVD ROMs. UDF is the OSTA's replacement for the ISO 9660 file system used on CD-ROMs, but will be mostly used on DVD. DVD multimedia disks use UDF to contain MPEG audio and video streams. To read DVDs you need a DVD drive, the kernel driver for the drive, MPEG video support, and a UDF driver. DVDs containing both UDF filesystems and ISO 9660 filesystems can be read without UDF support. UDF can also be used by CD-R and CD-RW recorders in packet writing mode.
university of iceland — (body, education) The Home of Fjolnir.
until the end of time — If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time, you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true.
venus's flower basket — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed of an intricate latticework of siliceous spicules.
volumetric efficiency — the ratio of fluid delivered by a piston or ram pump per stroke to the displacement volume of the piston or ram
volunteers of america — a religious reform and relief organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded in New York City in 1896 by Ballington Booth, son of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. Abbreviation: VOA.
warm silence software — A small company run by(?) Robin Watts, producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
without qualification — If something is stated or accepted without qualification, it is stated or accepted as it is, without the need for any changes.
xilinx netlist format — (language, electronics) (XNF) A Hardware Description Language for electronic circuit design, developed by Xilinx, Inc..

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